1	acpi=		[HW,ACPI,X86,ARM64]
2			Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
3			Format: { force | on | off | strict | noirq | rsdt |
4				  copy_dsdt }
5			force -- enable ACPI if default was off
6			on -- enable ACPI but allow fallback to DT [arm64]
7			off -- disable ACPI if default was on
8			noirq -- do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
9			strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not
10				strictly ACPI specification compliant.
11			rsdt -- prefer RSDT over (default) XSDT
12			copy_dsdt -- copy DSDT to memory
13			For ARM64, ONLY "acpi=off", "acpi=on" or "acpi=force"
14			are available
15
16			See also Documentation/power/runtime_pm.rst, pci=noacpi
17
18	acpi_apic_instance=	[ACPI, IOAPIC]
19			Format: <int>
20			2: use 2nd APIC table, if available
21			1,0: use 1st APIC table
22			default: 0
23
24	acpi_backlight=	[HW,ACPI]
25			acpi_backlight=vendor
26			acpi_backlight=video
27			If set to vendor, prefer vendor specific driver
28			(e.g. thinkpad_acpi, sony_acpi, etc.) instead
29			of the ACPI video.ko driver.
30
31	acpi_force_32bit_fadt_addr
32			force FADT to use 32 bit addresses rather than the
33			64 bit X_* addresses. Some firmware have broken 64
34			bit addresses for force ACPI ignore these and use
35			the older legacy 32 bit addresses.
36
37	acpica_no_return_repair [HW, ACPI]
38			Disable AML predefined validation mechanism
39			This mechanism can repair the evaluation result to make
40			the return objects more ACPI specification compliant.
41			This option is useful for developers to identify the
42			root cause of an AML interpreter issue when the issue
43			has something to do with the repair mechanism.
44
45	acpi.debug_layer=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
46	acpi.debug_level=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
47			Format: <int>
48			CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled to produce any ACPI
49			debug output.  Bits in debug_layer correspond to a
50			_COMPONENT in an ACPI source file, e.g.,
51			    #define _COMPONENT ACPI_PCI_COMPONENT
52			Bits in debug_level correspond to a level in
53			ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT statements, e.g.,
54			    ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, ...
55			The debug_level mask defaults to "info".  See
56			Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/debug.rst for more information about
57			debug layers and levels.
58
59			Enable processor driver info messages:
60			    acpi.debug_layer=0x20000000
61			Enable PCI/PCI interrupt routing info messages:
62			    acpi.debug_layer=0x400000
63			Enable AML "Debug" output, i.e., stores to the Debug
64			object while interpreting AML:
65			    acpi.debug_layer=0xffffffff acpi.debug_level=0x2
66			Enable all messages related to ACPI hardware:
67			    acpi.debug_layer=0x2 acpi.debug_level=0xffffffff
68
69			Some values produce so much output that the system is
70			unusable.  The "log_buf_len" parameter may be useful
71			if you need to capture more output.
72
73	acpi_enforce_resources=	[ACPI]
74			{ strict | lax | no }
75			Check for resource conflicts between native drivers
76			and ACPI OperationRegions (SystemIO and SystemMemory
77			only). IO ports and memory declared in ACPI might be
78			used by the ACPI subsystem in arbitrary AML code and
79			can interfere with legacy drivers.
80			strict (default): access to resources claimed by ACPI
81			is denied; legacy drivers trying to access reserved
82			resources will fail to bind to device using them.
83			lax: access to resources claimed by ACPI is allowed;
84			legacy drivers trying to access reserved resources
85			will bind successfully but a warning message is logged.
86			no: ACPI OperationRegions are not marked as reserved,
87			no further checks are performed.
88
89	acpi_force_table_verification	[HW,ACPI]
90			Enable table checksum verification during early stage.
91			By default, this is disabled due to x86 early mapping
92			size limitation.
93
94	acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI]
95			ACPI will balance active IRQs
96			default in APIC mode
97
98	acpi_irq_nobalance [HW,ACPI]
99			ACPI will not move active IRQs (default)
100			default in PIC mode
101
102	acpi_irq_isa=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA
103			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
104
105	acpi_irq_pci=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, clear listed IRQs for
106			use by PCI
107			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
108
109	acpi_mask_gpe=	[HW,ACPI]
110			Due to the existence of _Lxx/_Exx, some GPEs triggered
111			by unsupported hardware/firmware features can result in
112			GPE floodings that cannot be automatically disabled by
113			the GPE dispatcher.
114			This facility can be used to prevent such uncontrolled
115			GPE floodings.
116			Format: <byte>
117
118	acpi_no_auto_serialize	[HW,ACPI]
119			Disable auto-serialization of AML methods
120			AML control methods that contain the opcodes to create
121			named objects will be marked as "Serialized" by the
122			auto-serialization feature.
123			This feature is enabled by default.
124			This option allows to turn off the feature.
125
126	acpi_no_memhotplug [ACPI] Disable memory hotplug.  Useful for kdump
127			   kernels.
128
129	acpi_no_static_ssdt	[HW,ACPI]
130			Disable installation of static SSDTs at early boot time
131			By default, SSDTs contained in the RSDT/XSDT will be
132			installed automatically and they will appear under
133			/sys/firmware/acpi/tables.
134			This option turns off this feature.
135			Note that specifying this option does not affect
136			dynamic table installation which will install SSDT
137			tables to /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/dynamic.
138
139	acpi_rsdp=	[ACPI,EFI,KEXEC]
140			Pass the RSDP address to the kernel, mostly used
141			on machines running EFI runtime service to boot the
142			second kernel for kdump.
143
144	acpi_os_name=	[HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS
145			Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows"
146
147	acpi_rev_override [ACPI] Override the _REV object to return 5 (instead
148			of 2 which is mandated by ACPI 6) as the supported ACPI
149			specification revision (when using this switch, it may
150			be necessary to carry out a cold reboot _twice_ in a
151			row to make it take effect on the platform firmware).
152
153	acpi_osi=	[HW,ACPI] Modify list of supported OS interface strings
154			acpi_osi="string1"	# add string1
155			acpi_osi="!string2"	# remove string2
156			acpi_osi=!*		# remove all strings
157			acpi_osi=!		# disable all built-in OS vendor
158						  strings
159			acpi_osi=!!		# enable all built-in OS vendor
160						  strings
161			acpi_osi=		# disable all strings
162
163			'acpi_osi=!' can be used in combination with single or
164			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific OS
165			vendor string(s).  Note that such command can only
166			affect the default state of the OS vendor strings, thus
167			it cannot affect the default state of the feature group
168			strings and the current state of the OS vendor strings,
169			specifying it multiple times through kernel command line
170			is meaningless.  This command is useful when one do not
171			care about the state of the feature group strings which
172			should be controlled by the OSPM.
173			Examples:
174			  1. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is equivalent
175			     to 'acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!', they all
176			     can make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
177
178			'acpi_osi=' cannot be used in combination with other
179			'acpi_osi=' command lines, the _OSI method will not
180			exist in the ACPI namespace.  NOTE that such command can
181			only affect the _OSI support state, thus specifying it
182			multiple times through kernel command line is also
183			meaningless.
184			Examples:
185			  1. 'acpi_osi=' can make 'CondRefOf(_OSI, Local1)'
186			     FALSE.
187
188			'acpi_osi=!*' can be used in combination with single or
189			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific
190			string(s).  Note that such command can affect the
191			current state of both the OS vendor strings and the
192			feature group strings, thus specifying it multiple times
193			through kernel command line is meaningful.  But it may
194			still not able to affect the final state of a string if
195			there are quirks related to this string.  This command
196			is useful when one want to control the state of the
197			feature group strings to debug BIOS issues related to
198			the OSPM features.
199			Examples:
200			  1. 'acpi_osi="Module Device" acpi_osi=!*' can make
201			     '_OSI("Module Device")' FALSE.
202			  2. 'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Module Device"' can make
203			     '_OSI("Module Device")' TRUE.
204			  3. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is
205			     equivalent to
206			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"'
207			     and
208			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!',
209			     they all will make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
210
211	acpi_pm_good	[X86]
212			Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel
213			to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value
214			and always returns good values.
215
216	acpi_sci=	[HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
217			Format: { level | edge | high | low }
218
219	acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
220			Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
221			For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
222
223	acpi_sleep=	[HW,ACPI] Sleep options
224			Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_nohwsig,
225				  old_ordering, nonvs, sci_force_enable, nobl }
226			See Documentation/power/video.rst for information on
227			s3_bios and s3_mode.
228			s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
229			as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called.
230			s4_nohwsig prevents ACPI hardware signature from being
231			used during resume from hibernation.
232			old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS
233			control method, with respect to putting devices into
234			low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering
235			of _PTS is used by default).
236			nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
237			ACPI NVS memory during suspend/hibernation and resume.
238			sci_force_enable causes the kernel to set SCI_EN directly
239			on resume from S1/S3 (which is against the ACPI spec,
240			but some broken systems don't work without it).
241			nobl causes the internal blacklist of systems known to
242			behave incorrectly in some ways with respect to system
243			suspend and resume to be ignored (use wisely).
244
245	acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
246			Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
247			that require a timer override, but don't have HPET
248
249	add_efi_memmap	[EFI; X86] Include EFI memory map in
250			kernel's map of available physical RAM.
251
252	agp=		[AGP]
253			{ off | try_unsupported }
254			off: disable AGP support
255			try_unsupported: try to drive unsupported chipsets
256				(may crash computer or cause data corruption)
257
258	ALSA		[HW,ALSA]
259			See Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst
260
261	alignment=	[KNL,ARM]
262			Allow the default userspace alignment fault handler
263			behaviour to be specified.  Bit 0 enables warnings,
264			bit 1 enables fixups, and bit 2 sends a segfault.
265
266	align_va_addr=	[X86-64]
267			Align virtual addresses by clearing slice [14:12] when
268			allocating a VMA at process creation time. This option
269			gives you up to 3% performance improvement on AMD F15h
270			machines (where it is enabled by default) for a
271			CPU-intensive style benchmark, and it can vary highly in
272			a microbenchmark depending on workload and compiler.
273
274			32: only for 32-bit processes
275			64: only for 64-bit processes
276			on: enable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
277			off: disable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
278
279	alloc_snapshot	[FTRACE]
280			Allocate the ftrace snapshot buffer on boot up when the
281			main buffer is allocated. This is handy if debugging
282			and you need to use tracing_snapshot() on boot up, and
283			do not want to use tracing_snapshot_alloc() as it needs
284			to be done where GFP_KERNEL allocations are allowed.
285
286	amd_iommu=	[HW,X86-64]
287			Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system.
288			Possible values are:
289			fullflush - enable flushing of IO/TLB entries when
290				    they are unmapped. Otherwise they are
291				    flushed before they will be reused, which
292				    is a lot of faster
293			off	  - do not initialize any AMD IOMMU found in
294				    the system
295			force_isolation - Force device isolation for all
296					  devices. The IOMMU driver is not
297					  allowed anymore to lift isolation
298					  requirements as needed. This option
299					  does not override iommu=pt
300
301	amd_iommu_dump=	[HW,X86-64]
302			Enable AMD IOMMU driver option to dump the ACPI table
303			for AMD IOMMU. With this option enabled, AMD IOMMU
304			driver will print ACPI tables for AMD IOMMU during
305			IOMMU initialization.
306
307	amd_iommu_intr=	[HW,X86-64]
308			Specifies one of the following AMD IOMMU interrupt
309			remapping modes:
310			legacy     - Use legacy interrupt remapping mode.
311			vapic      - Use virtual APIC mode, which allows IOMMU
312			             to inject interrupts directly into guest.
313			             This mode requires kvm-amd.avic=1.
314			             (Default when IOMMU HW support is present.)
315
316	amijoy.map=	[HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
317			Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT
318			Format: <a>,<b>
319			See also Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst
320
321	analog.map=	[HW,JOY] Analog joystick and gamepad support
322			Specifies type or capabilities of an analog joystick
323			connected to one of 16 gameports
324			Format: <type1>,<type2>,..<type16>
325
326	apc=		[HW,SPARC]
327			Power management functions (SPARCstation-4/5 + deriv.)
328			Format: noidle
329			Disable APC CPU standby support. SPARCstation-Fox does
330			not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have
331			APC and your system crashes randomly.
332
333	apic=		[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
334			Change the output verbosity while booting
335			Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug }
336			Change the amount of debugging information output
337			when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
338			For X86-32, this can also be used to specify an APIC
339			driver name.
340			Format: apic=driver_name
341			Examples: apic=bigsmp
342
343	apic_extnmi=	[APIC,X86] External NMI delivery setting
344			Format: { bsp (default) | all | none }
345			bsp:  External NMI is delivered only to CPU 0
346			all:  External NMIs are broadcast to all CPUs as a
347			      backup of CPU 0
348			none: External NMI is masked for all CPUs. This is
349			      useful so that a dump capture kernel won't be
350			      shot down by NMI
351
352	autoconf=	[IPV6]
353			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
354
355	show_lapic=	[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
356			Limit apic dumping. The parameter defines the maximal
357			number of local apics being dumped. Also it is possible
358			to set it to "all" by meaning -- no limit here.
359			Format: { 1 (default) | 2 | ... | all }.
360			The parameter valid if only apic=debug or
361			apic=verbose is specified.
362			Example: apic=debug show_lapic=all
363
364	apm=		[APM] Advanced Power Management
365			See header of arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c.
366
367	arcrimi=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards
368			Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID>
369
370	ataflop=	[HW,M68k]
371
372	atarimouse=	[HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse
373
374	atkbd.extra=	[HW] Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAccess,
375			EzKey and similar keyboards
376
377	atkbd.reset=	[HW] Reset keyboard during initialization
378
379	atkbd.set=	[HW] Select keyboard code set
380			Format: <int> (2 = AT (default), 3 = PS/2)
381
382	atkbd.scroll=	[HW] Enable scroll wheel on MS Office and similar
383			keyboards
384
385	atkbd.softraw=	[HW] Choose between synthetic and real raw mode
386			Format: <bool> (0 = real, 1 = synthetic (default))
387
388	atkbd.softrepeat= [HW]
389			Use software keyboard repeat
390
391	audit=		[KNL] Enable the audit sub-system
392			Format: { "0" | "1" | "off" | "on" }
393			0 | off - kernel audit is disabled and can not be
394			    enabled until the next reboot
395			unset - kernel audit is initialized but disabled and
396			    will be fully enabled by the userspace auditd.
397			1 | on - kernel audit is initialized and partially
398			    enabled, storing at most audit_backlog_limit
399			    messages in RAM until it is fully enabled by the
400			    userspace auditd.
401			Default: unset
402
403	audit_backlog_limit= [KNL] Set the audit queue size limit.
404			Format: <int> (must be >=0)
405			Default: 64
406
407	bau=		[X86_UV] Enable the BAU on SGI UV.  The default
408			behavior is to disable the BAU (i.e. bau=0).
409			Format: { "0" | "1" }
410			0 - Disable the BAU.
411			1 - Enable the BAU.
412			unset - Disable the BAU.
413
414	baycom_epp=	[HW,AX25]
415			Format: <io>,<mode>
416
417	baycom_par=	[HW,AX25] BayCom Parallel Port AX.25 Modem
418			Format: <io>,<mode>
419			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_par.c.
420
421	baycom_ser_fdx=	[HW,AX25]
422			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode)
423			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>[,<baud>]
424			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c.
425
426	baycom_ser_hdx=	[HW,AX25]
427			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode)
428			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>
429			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c.
430
431	blkdevparts=	Manual partition parsing of block device(s) for
432			embedded devices based on command line input.
433			See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.rst
434
435	boot_delay=	Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot.
436			Values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are changed to
437			no delay (0).
438			Format: integer
439
440	bert_disable	[ACPI]
441			Disable BERT OS support on buggy BIOSes.
442
443	bttv.card=	[HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards)
444	bttv.radio=	Most important insmod options are available as
445			kernel args too.
446	bttv.pll=	See Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/bttv.rst
447	bttv.tuner=
448
449	bulk_remove=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
450			firmware feature for flushing multiple hpte entries
451			at a time.
452
453	c101=		[NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card
454
455	cachesize=	[BUGS=X86-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection.
456			Sometimes CPU hardware bugs make them report the cache
457			size incorrectly. The kernel will attempt work arounds
458			to fix known problems, but for some CPUs it is not
459			possible to determine what the correct size should be.
460			This option provides an override for these situations.
461
462	carrier_timeout=
463			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
464			the kernel should wait for a network carrier. By default
465			it waits 120 seconds.
466
467	ca_keys=	[KEYS] This parameter identifies a specific key(s) on
468			the system trusted keyring to be used for certificate
469			trust validation.
470			format: { id:<keyid> | builtin }
471
472	cca=		[MIPS] Override the kernel pages' cache coherency
473			algorithm.  Accepted values range from 0 to 7
474			inclusive. See arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-bits.h
475			for platform specific values (SB1, Loongson3 and
476			others).
477
478	ccw_timeout_log	[S390]
479			See Documentation/s390/common_io.rst for details.
480
481	cgroup_disable=	[KNL] Disable a particular controller
482			Format: {name of the controller(s) to disable}
483			The effects of cgroup_disable=foo are:
484			- foo isn't auto-mounted if you mount all cgroups in
485			  a single hierarchy
486			- foo isn't visible as an individually mountable
487			  subsystem
488			{Currently only "memory" controller deal with this and
489			cut the overhead, others just disable the usage. So
490			only cgroup_disable=memory is actually worthy}
491
492	cgroup_no_v1=	[KNL] Disable cgroup controllers and named hierarchies in v1
493			Format: { { controller | "all" | "named" }
494			          [,{ controller | "all" | "named" }...] }
495			Like cgroup_disable, but only applies to cgroup v1;
496			the blacklisted controllers remain available in cgroup2.
497			"all" blacklists all controllers and "named" disables
498			named mounts. Specifying both "all" and "named" disables
499			all v1 hierarchies.
500
501	cgroup.memory=	[KNL] Pass options to the cgroup memory controller.
502			Format: <string>
503			nosocket -- Disable socket memory accounting.
504			nokmem -- Disable kernel memory accounting.
505
506	checkreqprot	[SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value.
507			Format: { "0" | "1" }
508			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
509			0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes
510				any implied execute protection).
511			1 -- check protection requested by application.
512			Default value is set via a kernel config option.
513			Value can be changed at runtime via
514				/selinux/checkreqprot.
515
516	cio_ignore=	[S390]
517			See Documentation/s390/common_io.rst for details.
518	clk_ignore_unused
519			[CLK]
520			Prevents the clock framework from automatically gating
521			clocks that have not been explicitly enabled by a Linux
522			device driver but are enabled in hardware at reset or
523			by the bootloader/firmware. Note that this does not
524			force such clocks to be always-on nor does it reserve
525			those clocks in any way. This parameter is useful for
526			debug and development, but should not be needed on a
527			platform with proper driver support.  For more
528			information, see Documentation/driver-api/clk.rst.
529
530	clock=		[BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
531			[Deprecated]
532			Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
533			when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified
534			clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
535			Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
536
537	clocksource=	Override the default clocksource
538			Format: <string>
539			Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
540			with the name specified.
541			Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on
542			the platform:
543			[all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource)
544			[ACPI] acpi_pm
545			[ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2,
546				pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1
547			[X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc;
548				scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440
549			[MIPS] MIPS
550			[PARISC] cr16
551			[S390] tod
552			[SH] SuperH
553			[SPARC64] tick
554			[X86-64] hpet,tsc
555
556	clocksource.arm_arch_timer.evtstrm=
557			[ARM,ARM64]
558			Format: <bool>
559			Enable/disable the eventstream feature of the ARM
560			architected timer so that code using WFE-based polling
561			loops can be debugged more effectively on production
562			systems.
563
564	clearcpuid=BITNUM [X86]
565			Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See
566			arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit
567			numbers. Note the Linux specific bits are not necessarily
568			stable over kernel options, but the vendor specific
569			ones should be.
570			Also note that user programs calling CPUID directly
571			or using the feature without checking anything
572			will still see it. This just prevents it from
573			being used by the kernel or shown in /proc/cpuinfo.
574			Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
575			some critical bits.
576
577	cma=nn[MG]@[start[MG][-end[MG]]]
578			[ARM,X86,KNL]
579			Sets the size of kernel global memory area for
580			contiguous memory allocations and optionally the
581			placement constraint by the physical address range of
582			memory allocations. A value of 0 disables CMA
583			altogether. For more information, see
584			include/linux/dma-contiguous.h
585
586	cmo_free_hint=	[PPC] Format: { yes | no }
587			Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive
588			when they are freed.  This is used in CMO environments
589			to determine OS memory pressure for page stealing by
590			a hypervisor.
591			Default: yes
592
593	coherent_pool=nn[KMG]	[ARM,KNL]
594			Sets the size of memory pool for coherent, atomic dma
595			allocations, by default set to 256K.
596
597	com20020=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset
598			Format:
599			<io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]]
600
601	com90io=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (IO-mapped buffers)
602			Format: <io>[,<irq>]
603
604	com90xx=	[HW,NET]
605			ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers)
606			Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<memstart>]]
607
608	condev=		[HW,S390] console device
609	conmode=
610
611	console=	[KNL] Output console device and options.
612
613		tty<n>	Use the virtual console device <n>.
614
615		ttyS<n>[,options]
616		ttyUSB0[,options]
617			Use the specified serial port.  The options are of
618			the form "bbbbpnf", where "bbbb" is the baud rate,
619			"p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), "n" is number of
620			bits, and "f" is flow control ("r" for RTS or
621			omit it).  Default is "9600n8".
622
623			See Documentation/admin-guide/serial-console.rst for more
624			information.  See
625			Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt for an
626			alternative.
627
628		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
629		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
630		uart[8250],mmio16,<addr>[,options]
631		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
632		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
633			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
634			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address,
635			switching to the matching ttyS device later.
636			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
637			(mmio), 16-bit (mmio16), or 32-bit (mmio32).
638			If none of [io|mmio|mmio16|mmio32], <addr> is assumed
639			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified in
640			the same format described for ttyS above; if unspecified,
641			the h/w is not re-initialized.
642
643		hvc<n>	Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for
644			both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors.
645
646		If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille
647		device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance
648			console=brl,ttyS0
649		For now, only VisioBraille is supported.
650
651	console_msg_format=
652			[KNL] Change console messages format
653		default
654			By default we print messages on consoles in
655			"[time stamp] text\n" format (time stamp may not be
656			printed, depending on CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME or
657			`printk_time' param).
658		syslog
659			Switch to syslog format: "<%u>[time stamp] text\n"
660			IOW, each message will have a facility and loglevel
661			prefix. The format is similar to one used by syslog()
662			syscall, or to executing "dmesg -S --raw" or to reading
663			from /proc/kmsg.
664
665	consoleblank=	[KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in
666			seconds. A value of 0 disables the blank timer.
667			Defaults to 0.
668
669	coredump_filter=
670			[KNL] Change the default value for
671			/proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
672			See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt.
673
674	coresight_cpu_debug.enable
675			[ARM,ARM64]
676			Format: <bool>
677			Enable/disable the CPU sampling based debugging.
678			0: default value, disable debugging
679			1: enable debugging at boot time
680
681	cpuidle.off=1	[CPU_IDLE]
682			disable the cpuidle sub-system
683
684	cpuidle.governor=
685			[CPU_IDLE] Name of the cpuidle governor to use.
686
687	cpufreq.off=1	[CPU_FREQ]
688			disable the cpufreq sub-system
689
690	cpu_init_udelay=N
691			[X86] Delay for N microsec between assert and de-assert
692			of APIC INIT to start processors.  This delay occurs
693			on every CPU online, such as boot, and resume from suspend.
694			Default: 10000
695
696	cpcihp_generic=	[HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver
697			Format:
698			<first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
699
700	crashkernel=size[KMG][@offset[KMG]]
701			[KNL] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel'
702			upon panic. This parameter reserves the physical
703			memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel
704			image. If '@offset' is omitted, then a suitable offset
705			is selected automatically.
706			[KNL, x86_64] select a region under 4G first, and
707			fall back to reserve region above 4G when '@offset'
708			hasn't been specified.
709			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for further details.
710
711	crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset]
712			[KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory
713			in the running system. The syntax of range is
714			start-[end] where start and end are both
715			a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also
716			Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for an example.
717
718	crashkernel=size[KMG],high
719			[KNL, x86_64] range could be above 4G. Allow kernel
720			to allocate physical memory region from top, so could
721			be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram installed.
722			Otherwise memory region will be allocated below 4G, if
723			available.
724			It will be ignored if crashkernel=X is specified.
725	crashkernel=size[KMG],low
726			[KNL, x86_64] range under 4G. When crashkernel=X,high
727			is passed, kernel could allocate physical memory region
728			above 4G, that cause second kernel crash on system
729			that require some amount of low memory, e.g. swiotlb
730			requires at least 64M+32K low memory, also enough extra
731			low memory is needed to make sure DMA buffers for 32-bit
732			devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate at
733			at least 256M below 4G automatically.
734			This one let user to specify own low range under 4G
735			for second kernel instead.
736			0: to disable low allocation.
737			It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used
738			or memory reserved is below 4G.
739
740	cryptomgr.notests
741			[KNL] Disable crypto self-tests
742
743	cs89x0_dma=	[HW,NET]
744			Format: <dma>
745
746	cs89x0_media=	[HW,NET]
747			Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc }
748
749	dasd=		[HW,NET]
750			See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c.
751
752	db9.dev[2|3]=	[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick support via parallel port
753			(one device per port)
754			Format: <port#>,<type>
755			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
756
757	ddebug_query=	[KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG] Enable debug messages at early boot
758			time. See
759			Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst for
760			details.  Deprecated, see dyndbg.
761
762	debug		[KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level).
763
764	debug_boot_weak_hash
765			[KNL] Enable printing [hashed] pointers early in the
766			boot sequence.  If enabled, we use a weak hash instead
767			of siphash to hash pointers.  Use this option if you are
768			seeing instances of '(___ptrval___)') and need to see a
769			value (hashed pointer) instead. Cryptographically
770			insecure, please do not use on production kernels.
771
772	debug_locks_verbose=
773			[KNL] verbose self-tests
774			Format=<0|1>
775			Print debugging info while doing the locking API
776			self-tests.
777			We default to 0 (no extra messages), setting it to
778			1 will print _a lot_ more information - normally
779			only useful to kernel developers.
780
781	debug_objects	[KNL] Enable object debugging
782
783	no_debug_objects
784			[KNL] Disable object debugging
785
786	debug_guardpage_minorder=
787			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this
788			parameter allows control of the order of pages that will
789			be intentionally kept free (and hence protected) by the
790			buddy allocator. Bigger value increase the probability
791			of catching random memory corruption, but reduce the
792			amount of memory for normal system use. The maximum
793			possible value is MAX_ORDER/2.  Setting this parameter
794			to 1 or 2 should be enough to identify most random
795			memory corruption problems caused by bugs in kernel or
796			driver code when a CPU writes to (or reads from) a
797			random memory location. Note that there exists a class
798			of memory corruptions problems caused by buggy H/W or
799			F/W or by drivers badly programing DMA (basically when
800			memory is written at bus level and the CPU MMU is
801			bypassed) which are not detectable by
802			CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, hence this option will not help
803			tracking down these problems.
804
805	debug_pagealloc=
806			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this parameter
807			enables the feature at boot time. By default, it is
808			disabled and the system will work mostly the same as a
809			kernel built without CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC.
810			Note: to get most of debug_pagealloc error reports, it's
811			useful to also enable the page_owner functionality.
812			on: enable the feature
813
814	debugpat	[X86] Enable PAT debugging
815
816	decnet.addr=	[HW,NET]
817			Format: <area>[,<node>]
818			See also Documentation/networking/decnet.txt.
819
820	default_hugepagesz=
821			[same as hugepagesz=] The size of the default
822			HugeTLB page size. This is the size represented by
823			the legacy /proc/ hugepages APIs, used for SHM, and
824			default size when mounting hugetlbfs filesystems.
825			Defaults to the default architecture's huge page size
826			if not specified.
827
828	deferred_probe_timeout=
829			[KNL] Debugging option to set a timeout in seconds for
830			deferred probe to give up waiting on dependencies to
831			probe. Only specific dependencies (subsystems or
832			drivers) that have opted in will be ignored. A timeout of 0
833			will timeout at the end of initcalls. This option will also
834			dump out devices still on the deferred probe list after
835			retrying.
836
837	dhash_entries=	[KNL]
838			Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
839
840	disable_1tb_segments [PPC]
841			Disables the use of 1TB hash page table segments. This
842			causes the kernel to fall back to 256MB segments which
843			can be useful when debugging issues that require an SLB
844			miss to occur.
845
846	disable=	[IPV6]
847			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
848
849	hardened_usercopy=
850                        [KNL] Under CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY, whether
851                        hardening is enabled for this boot. Hardened
852                        usercopy checking is used to protect the kernel
853                        from reading or writing beyond known memory
854                        allocation boundaries as a proactive defense
855                        against bounds-checking flaws in the kernel's
856                        copy_to_user()/copy_from_user() interface.
857                on      Perform hardened usercopy checks (default).
858                off     Disable hardened usercopy checks.
859
860	disable_radix	[PPC]
861			Disable RADIX MMU mode on POWER9
862
863	disable_tlbie	[PPC]
864			Disable TLBIE instruction. Currently does not work
865			with KVM, with HASH MMU, or with coherent accelerators.
866
867	disable_cpu_apicid= [X86,APIC,SMP]
868			Format: <int>
869			The number of initial APIC ID for the
870			corresponding CPU to be disabled at boot,
871			mostly used for the kdump 2nd kernel to
872			disable BSP to wake up multiple CPUs without
873			causing system reset or hang due to sending
874			INIT from AP to BSP.
875
876	perf_v4_pmi=	[X86,INTEL]
877			Format: <bool>
878			Disable Intel PMU counter freezing feature.
879			The feature only exists starting from
880			Arch Perfmon v4 (Skylake and newer).
881
882	disable_ddw	[PPC/PSERIES]
883			Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this if
884			to workaround buggy firmware.
885
886	disable_ipv6=	[IPV6]
887			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
888
889	disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
890			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
891			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
892			entry later. This parameter disables that.
893
894	disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only]
895			By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable
896			memory out of your available memory pool based on
897			MTRR settings.  This parameter disables that behavior,
898			possibly causing your machine to run very slowly.
899
900	disable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
901			Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
902			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
903
904	dis_ucode_ldr	[X86] Disable the microcode loader.
905
906	dma_debug=off	If the kernel is compiled with DMA_API_DEBUG support,
907			this option disables the debugging code at boot.
908
909	dma_debug_entries=<number>
910			This option allows to tune the number of preallocated
911			entries for DMA-API debugging code. One entry is
912			required per DMA-API allocation. Use this if the
913			DMA-API debugging code disables itself because the
914			architectural default is too low.
915
916	dma_debug_driver=<driver_name>
917			With this option the DMA-API debugging driver
918			filter feature can be enabled at boot time. Just
919			pass the driver to filter for as the parameter.
920			The filter can be disabled or changed to another
921			driver later using sysfs.
922
923	driver_async_probe=  [KNL]
924			List of driver names to be probed asynchronously.
925			Format: <driver_name1>,<driver_name2>...
926
927	drm.edid_firmware=[<connector>:]<file>[,[<connector>:]<file>]
928			Broken monitors, graphic adapters, KVMs and EDIDless
929			panels may send no or incorrect EDID data sets.
930			This parameter allows to specify an EDID data sets
931			in the /lib/firmware directory that are used instead.
932			Generic built-in EDID data sets are used, if one of
933			edid/1024x768.bin, edid/1280x1024.bin,
934			edid/1680x1050.bin, or edid/1920x1080.bin is given
935			and no file with the same name exists. Details and
936			instructions how to build your own EDID data are
937			available in Documentation/driver-api/edid.rst. An EDID
938			data set will only be used for a particular connector,
939			if its name and a colon are prepended to the EDID
940			name. Each connector may use a unique EDID data
941			set by separating the files with a comma.  An EDID
942			data set with no connector name will be used for
943			any connectors not explicitly specified.
944
945	dscc4.setup=	[NET]
946
947	dt_cpu_ftrs=	[PPC]
948			Format: {"off" | "known"}
949			Control how the dt_cpu_ftrs device-tree binding is
950			used for CPU feature discovery and setup (if it
951			exists).
952			off: Do not use it, fall back to legacy cpu table.
953			known: Do not pass through unknown features to guests
954			or userspace, only those that the kernel is aware of.
955
956	dump_apple_properties	[X86]
957			Dump name and content of EFI device properties on
958			x86 Macs.  Useful for driver authors to determine
959			what data is available or for reverse-engineering.
960
961	dyndbg[="val"]		[KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG]
962	module.dyndbg[="val"]
963			Enable debug messages at boot time.  See
964			Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
965			for details.
966
967	nompx		[X86] Disables Intel Memory Protection Extensions.
968			See Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.rst for more
969			information about the feature.
970
971	nopku		[X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found
972			in some Intel CPUs.
973
974	module.async_probe [KNL]
975			Enable asynchronous probe on this module.
976
977	early_ioremap_debug [KNL]
978			Enable debug messages in early_ioremap support. This
979			is useful for tracking down temporary early mappings
980			which are not unmapped.
981
982	earlycon=	[KNL] Output early console device and options.
983
984			When used with no options, the early console is
985			determined by stdout-path property in device tree's
986			chosen node or the ACPI SPCR table if supported by
987			the platform.
988
989		cdns,<addr>[,options]
990			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Cadence
991			(xuartps) serial port at the specified address. Only
992			supported option is baud rate. If baud rate is not
993			specified, the serial port must already be setup and
994			configured.
995
996		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
997		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
998		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
999		uart[8250],mmio32be,<addr>[,options]
1000		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
1001			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
1002			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
1003			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
1004			(mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32 or mmio32be).
1005			If none of [io|mmio|mmio32|mmio32be], <addr> is assumed
1006			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified
1007			in the same format described for "console=ttyS<n>"; if
1008			unspecified, the h/w is not initialized.
1009
1010		pl011,<addr>
1011		pl011,mmio32,<addr>
1012			Start an early, polled-mode console on a pl011 serial
1013			port at the specified address. The pl011 serial port
1014			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1015			yet supported.  If 'mmio32' is specified, then only
1016			the driver will use only 32-bit accessors to read/write
1017			the device registers.
1018
1019		meson,<addr>
1020			Start an early, polled-mode console on a meson serial
1021			port at the specified address. The serial port must
1022			already be setup and configured. Options are not yet
1023			supported.
1024
1025		msm_serial,<addr>
1026			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1027			port at the specified address. The serial port
1028			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1029			yet supported.
1030
1031		msm_serial_dm,<addr>
1032			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1033			dm port at the specified address. The serial port
1034			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1035			yet supported.
1036
1037		owl,<addr>
1038			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1039			of an Actions Semi SoC, such as S500 or S900, at the
1040			specified address. The serial port must already be
1041			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1042
1043		rda,<addr>
1044			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1045			of an RDA Micro SoC, such as RDA8810PL, at the
1046			specified address. The serial port must already be
1047			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1048
1049		sbi
1050			Use RISC-V SBI (Supervisor Binary Interface) for early
1051			console.
1052
1053		smh	Use ARM semihosting calls for early console.
1054
1055		s3c2410,<addr>
1056		s3c2412,<addr>
1057		s3c2440,<addr>
1058		s3c6400,<addr>
1059		s5pv210,<addr>
1060		exynos4210,<addr>
1061			Use early console provided by serial driver available
1062			on Samsung SoCs, requires selecting proper type and
1063			a correct base address of the selected UART port. The
1064			serial port must already be setup and configured.
1065			Options are not yet supported.
1066
1067		lantiq,<addr>
1068			Start an early, polled-mode console on a lantiq serial
1069			(lqasc) port at the specified address. The serial port
1070			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1071			yet supported.
1072
1073		lpuart,<addr>
1074		lpuart32,<addr>
1075			Use early console provided by Freescale LP UART driver
1076			found on Freescale Vybrid and QorIQ LS1021A processors.
1077			A valid base address must be provided, and the serial
1078			port must already be setup and configured.
1079
1080		ar3700_uart,<addr>
1081			Start an early, polled-mode console on the
1082			Armada 3700 serial port at the specified
1083			address. The serial port must already be setup
1084			and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1085
1086		qcom_geni,<addr>
1087			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Qualcomm
1088			Generic Interface (GENI) based serial port at the
1089			specified address. The serial port must already be
1090			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1091
1092		efifb,[options]
1093			Start an early, unaccelerated console on the EFI
1094			memory mapped framebuffer (if available). On cache
1095			coherent non-x86 systems that use system memory for
1096			the framebuffer, pass the 'ram' option so that it is
1097			mapped with the correct attributes.
1098
1099		linflex,<addr>
1100			Use early console provided by Freescale LINFlexD UART
1101			serial driver for NXP S32V234 SoCs. A valid base
1102			address must be provided, and the serial port must
1103			already be setup and configured.
1104
1105	earlyprintk=	[X86,SH,ARM,M68k,S390]
1106			earlyprintk=vga
1107			earlyprintk=sclp
1108			earlyprintk=xen
1109			earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
1110			earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]]
1111			earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate]
1112			earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#]
1113			earlyprintk=pciserial[,force],bus:device.function[,baudrate]
1114			earlyprintk=xdbc[xhciController#]
1115
1116			earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before
1117			the normal console is initialized. It is not enabled by
1118			default because it has some cosmetic problems.
1119
1120			Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console
1121			takes over.
1122
1123			Only one of vga, efi, serial, or usb debug port can
1124			be used at a time.
1125
1126			Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 may be specified by
1127			name.  Other I/O ports may be explicitly specified
1128			on some architectures (x86 and arm at least) by
1129			replacing ttySn with an I/O port address, like this:
1130				earlyprintk=serial,0x1008,115200
1131			You can find the port for a given device in
1132			/proc/tty/driver/serial:
1133				2: uart:ST16650V2 port:00001008 irq:18 ...
1134
1135			Interaction with the standard serial driver is not
1136			very good.
1137
1138			The VGA and EFI output is eventually overwritten by
1139			the real console.
1140
1141			The xen output can only be used by Xen PV guests.
1142
1143			The sclp output can only be used on s390.
1144
1145			The optional "force" to "pciserial" enables use of a
1146			PCI device even when its classcode is not of the
1147			UART class.
1148
1149	edac_report=	[HW,EDAC] Control how to report EDAC event
1150			Format: {"on" | "off" | "force"}
1151			on: enable EDAC to report H/W event. May be overridden
1152			by other higher priority error reporting module.
1153			off: disable H/W event reporting through EDAC.
1154			force: enforce the use of EDAC to report H/W event.
1155			default: on.
1156
1157	ekgdboc=	[X86,KGDB] Allow early kernel console debugging
1158			ekgdboc=kbd
1159
1160			This is designed to be used in conjunction with
1161			the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga
1162
1163	edd=		[EDD]
1164			Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"}
1165
1166	efi=		[EFI]
1167			Format: { "old_map", "nochunk", "noruntime", "debug",
1168				  "nosoftreserve" }
1169			old_map [X86-64]: switch to the old ioremap-based EFI
1170			runtime services mapping. 32-bit still uses this one by
1171			default.
1172			nochunk: disable reading files in "chunks" in the EFI
1173			boot stub, as chunking can cause problems with some
1174			firmware implementations.
1175			noruntime : disable EFI runtime services support
1176			debug: enable misc debug output
1177			nosoftreserve: The EFI_MEMORY_SP (Specific Purpose)
1178			attribute may cause the kernel to reserve the
1179			memory range for a memory mapping driver to
1180			claim. Specify efi=nosoftreserve to disable this
1181			reservation and treat the memory by its base type
1182			(i.e. EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY / "System RAM").
1183
1184	efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86]
1185			Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of
1186			your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if
1187			you are really sure that your UEFI does sane gc and
1188			fulfills the spec otherwise your board may brick.
1189
1190	efi_fake_mem=	nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa[,nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa,..] [EFI; X86]
1191			Add arbitrary attribute to specific memory range by
1192			updating original EFI memory map.
1193			Region of memory which aa attribute is added to is
1194			from ss to ss+nn.
1195
1196			If efi_fake_mem=2G@4G:0x10000,2G@0x10a0000000:0x10000
1197			is specified, EFI_MEMORY_MORE_RELIABLE(0x10000)
1198			attribute is added to range 0x100000000-0x180000000 and
1199			0x10a0000000-0x1120000000.
1200
1201			If efi_fake_mem=8G@9G:0x40000 is specified, the
1202			EFI_MEMORY_SP(0x40000) attribute is added to
1203			range 0x240000000-0x43fffffff.
1204
1205			Using this parameter you can do debugging of EFI memmap
1206			related features. For example, you can do debugging of
1207			Address Range Mirroring feature even if your box
1208			doesn't support it, or mark specific memory as
1209			"soft reserved".
1210
1211	efivar_ssdt=	[EFI; X86] Name of an EFI variable that contains an SSDT
1212			that is to be dynamically loaded by Linux. If there are
1213			multiple variables with the same name but with different
1214			vendor GUIDs, all of them will be loaded. See
1215			Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/ssdt-overlays.rst for details.
1216
1217
1218	eisa_irq_edge=	[PARISC,HW]
1219			See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c.
1220
1221	elanfreq=	[X86-32]
1222			See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in
1223			arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c.
1224
1225	elfcorehdr=[size[KMG]@]offset[KMG] [IA64,PPC,SH,X86,S390]
1226			Specifies physical address of start of kernel core
1227			image elf header and optionally the size. Generally
1228			kexec loader will pass this option to capture kernel.
1229			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for details.
1230
1231	enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
1232			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1233			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1234			entry later. This parameter enables that.
1235
1236	enable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
1237			Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1238			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
1239			(in particular on some ATI chipsets).
1240			The kernel tries to set a reasonable default.
1241
1242	enforcing	[SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status.
1243			Format: {"0" | "1"}
1244			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
1245			0 -- permissive (log only, no denials).
1246			1 -- enforcing (deny and log).
1247			Default value is 0.
1248			Value can be changed at runtime via /selinux/enforce.
1249
1250	erst_disable	[ACPI]
1251			Disable Error Record Serialization Table (ERST)
1252			support.
1253
1254	ether=		[HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters
1255			This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which
1256			has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details.
1257
1258	evm=		[EVM]
1259			Format: { "fix" }
1260			Permit 'security.evm' to be updated regardless of
1261			current integrity status.
1262
1263	failslab=
1264	fail_page_alloc=
1265	fail_make_request=[KNL]
1266			General fault injection mechanism.
1267			Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times>
1268			See also Documentation/fault-injection/.
1269
1270	floppy=		[HW]
1271			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/floppy.rst.
1272
1273	force_pal_cache_flush
1274			[IA-64] Avoid check_sal_cache_flush which may hang on
1275			buggy SAL_CACHE_FLUSH implementations. Using this
1276			parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call
1277			ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH.
1278
1279	forcepae	[X86-32]
1280			Forcefully enable Physical Address Extension (PAE).
1281			Many Pentium M systems disable PAE but may have a
1282			functionally usable PAE implementation.
1283			Warning: use of this parameter will taint the kernel
1284			and may cause unknown problems.
1285
1286	ftrace=[tracer]
1287			[FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer
1288			as early as possible in order to facilitate early
1289			boot debugging.
1290
1291	ftrace_dump_on_oops[=orig_cpu]
1292			[FTRACE] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
1293			If no parameter is passed, ftrace will dump
1294			buffers of all CPUs, but if you pass orig_cpu, it will
1295			dump only the buffer of the CPU that triggered the
1296			oops.
1297
1298	ftrace_filter=[function-list]
1299			[FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function
1300			tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma separated
1301			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
1302			time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs
1303			tracing directory.
1304
1305	ftrace_notrace=[function-list]
1306			[FTRACE] Do not trace the functions specified in
1307			function-list. This list can be changed at run time
1308			by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs
1309			tracing directory.
1310
1311	ftrace_graph_filter=[function-list]
1312			[FTRACE] Limit the top level callers functions traced
1313			by the function graph tracer at boot up.
1314			function-list is a comma separated list of functions
1315			that can be changed at run time by the
1316			set_graph_function file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1317
1318	ftrace_graph_notrace=[function-list]
1319			[FTRACE] Do not trace from the functions specified in
1320			function-list.  This list is a comma separated list of
1321			functions that can be changed at run time by the
1322			set_graph_notrace file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1323
1324	ftrace_graph_max_depth=<uint>
1325			[FTRACE] Used with the function graph tracer. This is
1326			the max depth it will trace into a function. This value
1327			can be changed at run time by the max_graph_depth file
1328			in the tracefs tracing directory. default: 0 (no limit)
1329
1330	gamecon.map[2|3]=
1331			[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
1332			support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
1333			Format: <port#>,<pad1>,<pad2>,<pad3>,<pad4>,<pad5>
1334			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
1335
1336	gamma=		[HW,DRM]
1337
1338	gart_fix_e820=	[X86_64] disable the fix e820 for K8 GART
1339			Format: off | on
1340			default: on
1341
1342	gcov_persist=	[GCOV] When non-zero (default), profiling data for
1343			kernel modules is saved and remains accessible via
1344			debugfs, even when the module is unloaded/reloaded.
1345			When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated
1346			debugfs files are removed at module unload time.
1347
1348	goldfish	[X86] Enable the goldfish android emulator platform.
1349			Don't use this when you are not running on the
1350			android emulator
1351
1352	gpt		[EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but
1353			invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. If the
1354			primary GPT is corrupted, it enables the backup/alternate
1355			GPT to be used instead.
1356
1357	grcan.enable0=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 0. Determines
1358			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1359			Format: 0 | 1
1360			Default: 0
1361	grcan.enable1=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 1. Determines
1362			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1363			Format: 0 | 1
1364			Default: 0
1365	grcan.select=	[HW] Select which physical interface to use.
1366			Format: 0 | 1
1367			Default: 0
1368	grcan.txsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the tx buffer.
1369			Format: <unsigned int> such that (txsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1370			Default: 1024
1371	grcan.rxsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the rx buffer.
1372			Format: <unsigned int> such that (rxsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1373			Default: 1024
1374
1375	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_ranges
1376			[HW] Sets the ranges of gpiochip of for this device.
1377			Format: <start1>,<end1>,<start2>,<end2>...
1378
1379	hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
1380			[KNL] Should the hard-lockup detector generate
1381			backtraces on all cpus.
1382			Format: <integer>
1383
1384	hashdist=	[KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
1385			are distributed across NUMA nodes.  Defaults on
1386			for 64-bit NUMA, off otherwise.
1387			Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
1388
1389	hcl=		[IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer
1390
1391	hd=		[EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry
1392			Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect>
1393
1394	hest_disable	[ACPI]
1395			Disable Hardware Error Source Table (HEST) support;
1396			corresponding firmware-first mode error processing
1397			logic will be disabled.
1398
1399	highmem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] forces the highmem zone to have an exact
1400			size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no
1401			highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem
1402			size on bigger boxes.
1403
1404	highres=	[KNL] Enable/disable high resolution timer mode.
1405			Valid parameters: "on", "off"
1406			Default: "on"
1407
1408	hlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH]
1409
1410	hpet=		[X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
1411			Format: { enable (default) | disable | force |
1412				verbose }
1413			disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
1414			force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4,
1415				VIA, nVidia)
1416			verbose: show contents of HPET registers during setup
1417
1418	hpet_mmap=	[X86, HPET_MMAP] Allow userspace to mmap HPET
1419			registers.  Default set by CONFIG_HPET_MMAP_DEFAULT.
1420
1421	hugepages=	[HW,X86-32,IA-64] HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot.
1422	hugepagesz=	[HW,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] The size of the HugeTLB pages.
1423			On x86-64 and powerpc, this option can be specified
1424			multiple times interleaved with hugepages= to reserve
1425			huge pages of different sizes. Valid pages sizes on
1426			x86-64 are 2M (when the CPU supports "pse") and 1G
1427			(when the CPU supports the "pdpe1gb" cpuinfo flag).
1428
1429	hung_task_panic=
1430			[KNL] Should the hung task detector generate panics.
1431			Format: <integer>
1432
1433			A nonzero value instructs the kernel to panic when a
1434			hung task is detected. The default value is controlled
1435			by the CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC build-time
1436			option. The value selected by this boot parameter can
1437			be changed later by the kernel.hung_task_panic sysctl.
1438
1439	hvc_iucv=	[S390]	Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC)
1440				terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8
1441	hvc_iucv_allow=	[S390]	Comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs.
1442				If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections
1443				from listed z/VM user IDs only.
1444
1445	hv_nopvspin	[X86,HYPER_V] Disables the paravirt spinlock optimizations
1446				      which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the
1447				      guest on lock contention.
1448
1449	keep_bootcon	[KNL]
1450			Do not unregister boot console at start. This is only
1451			useful for debugging when something happens in the window
1452			between unregistering the boot console and initializing
1453			the real console.
1454
1455	i2c_bus=	[HW]	Override the default board specific I2C bus speed
1456				or register an additional I2C bus that is not
1457				registered from board initialization code.
1458				Format:
1459				<bus_id>,<clkrate>
1460
1461	i8042.debug	[HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
1462	i8042.unmask_kbd_data
1463			[HW] Enable printing of interrupt data from the KBD port
1464			     (disabled by default, and as a pre-condition
1465			     requires that i8042.debug=1 be enabled)
1466	i8042.direct	[HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
1467	i8042.dumbkbd	[HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
1468			     keyboard and cannot control its state
1469			     (Don't attempt to blink the leds)
1470	i8042.noaux	[HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port
1471	i8042.nokbd	[HW] Don't check/create keyboard port
1472	i8042.noloop	[HW] Disable the AUX Loopback command while probing
1473			     for the AUX port
1474	i8042.nomux	[HW] Don't check presence of an active multiplexing
1475			     controller
1476	i8042.nopnp	[HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX
1477			     controllers
1478	i8042.notimeout	[HW] Ignore timeout condition signalled by controller
1479	i8042.reset	[HW] Reset the controller during init, cleanup and
1480			     suspend-to-ram transitions, only during s2r
1481			     transitions, or never reset
1482			Format: { 1 | Y | y | 0 | N | n }
1483			1, Y, y: always reset controller
1484			0, N, n: don't ever reset controller
1485			Default: only on s2r transitions on x86; most other
1486			architectures force reset to be always executed
1487	i8042.unlock	[HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock
1488	i8042.kbdreset	[HW] Reset device connected to KBD port
1489
1490	i810=		[HW,DRM]
1491
1492	i8k.ignore_dmi	[HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data
1493			indicates that the driver is running on unsupported
1494			hardware.
1495	i8k.force	[HW] Activate i8k driver even if SMM BIOS signature
1496			does not match list of supported models.
1497	i8k.power_status
1498			[HW] Report power status in /proc/i8k
1499			(disabled by default)
1500	i8k.restricted	[HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN
1501			capability is set.
1502
1503	i915.invert_brightness=
1504			[DRM] Invert the sense of the variable that is used to
1505			set the brightness of the panel backlight. Normally a
1506			brightness value of 0 indicates backlight switched off,
1507			and the maximum of the brightness value sets the backlight
1508			to maximum brightness. If this parameter is set to 0
1509			(default) and the machine requires it, or this parameter
1510			is set to 1, a brightness value of 0 sets the backlight
1511			to maximum brightness, and the maximum of the brightness
1512			value switches the backlight off.
1513			-1 -- never invert brightness
1514			 0 -- machine default
1515			 1 -- force brightness inversion
1516
1517	icn=		[HW,ISDN]
1518			Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]]
1519
1520	ide-core.nodma=	[HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1521			Format: =0.0 to prevent dma on hda, =0.1 hdb =1.0 hdc
1522			.vlb_clock .pci_clock .noflush .nohpa .noprobe .nowerr
1523			.cdrom .chs .ignore_cable are additional options
1524			See Documentation/ide/ide.rst.
1525
1526	ide-generic.probe-mask= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1527			Format: <int>
1528			Probe mask for legacy ISA IDE ports.  Depending on
1529			platform up to 6 ports are supported, enabled by
1530			setting corresponding bits in the mask to 1.  The
1531			default value is 0x0, which has a special meaning.
1532			On systems that have PCI, it triggers scanning the
1533			PCI bus for the first and the second port, which
1534			are then probed.  On systems without PCI the value
1535			of 0x0 enables probing the two first ports as if it
1536			was 0x3.
1537
1538	ide-pci-generic.all-generic-ide [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1539			Claim all unknown PCI IDE storage controllers.
1540
1541	idle=		[X86]
1542			Format: idle=poll, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
1543			Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly
1544			improve the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but
1545			will use a lot of power and make the system run hot.
1546			Not recommended.
1547			idle=halt: Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle.
1548			In such case C2/C3 won't be used again.
1549			idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states
1550
1551	ieee754=	[MIPS] Select IEEE Std 754 conformance mode
1552			Format: { strict | legacy | 2008 | relaxed }
1553			Default: strict
1554
1555			Choose which programs will be accepted for execution
1556			based on the IEEE 754 NaN encoding(s) supported by
1557			the FPU and the NaN encoding requested with the value
1558			of an ELF file header flag individually set by each
1559			binary.  Hardware implementations are permitted to
1560			support either or both of the legacy and the 2008 NaN
1561			encoding mode.
1562
1563			Available settings are as follows:
1564			strict	accept binaries that request a NaN encoding
1565				supported by the FPU
1566			legacy	only accept legacy-NaN binaries, if supported
1567				by the FPU
1568			2008	only accept 2008-NaN binaries, if supported
1569				by the FPU
1570			relaxed	accept any binaries regardless of whether
1571				supported by the FPU
1572
1573			The FPU emulator is always able to support both NaN
1574			encodings, so if no FPU hardware is present or it has
1575			been disabled with 'nofpu', then the settings of
1576			'legacy' and '2008' strap the emulator accordingly,
1577			'relaxed' straps the emulator for both legacy-NaN and
1578			2008-NaN, whereas 'strict' enables legacy-NaN only on
1579			legacy processors and both NaN encodings on MIPS32 or
1580			MIPS64 CPUs.
1581
1582			The setting for ABS.fmt/NEG.fmt instruction execution
1583			mode generally follows that for the NaN encoding,
1584			except where unsupported by hardware.
1585
1586	ignore_loglevel	[KNL]
1587			Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/
1588			kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging.
1589			We also add it as printk module parameter, so users
1590			could change it dynamically, usually by
1591			/sys/module/printk/parameters/ignore_loglevel.
1592
1593	ignore_rlimit_data
1594			Ignore RLIMIT_DATA setting for data mappings,
1595			print warning at first misuse.  Can be changed via
1596			/sys/module/kernel/parameters/ignore_rlimit_data.
1597
1598	ihash_entries=	[KNL]
1599			Set number of hash buckets for inode cache.
1600
1601	ima_appraise=	[IMA] appraise integrity measurements
1602			Format: { "off" | "enforce" | "fix" | "log" }
1603			default: "enforce"
1604
1605	ima_appraise_tcb [IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
1606			The builtin appraise policy appraises all files
1607			owned by uid=0.
1608
1609	ima_canonical_fmt [IMA]
1610			Use the canonical format for the binary runtime
1611			measurements, instead of host native format.
1612
1613	ima_hash=	[IMA]
1614			Format: { md5 | sha1 | rmd160 | sha256 | sha384
1615				   | sha512 | ... }
1616			default: "sha1"
1617
1618			The list of supported hash algorithms is defined
1619			in crypto/hash_info.h.
1620
1621	ima_policy=	[IMA]
1622			The builtin policies to load during IMA setup.
1623			Format: "tcb | appraise_tcb | secure_boot |
1624				 fail_securely"
1625
1626			The "tcb" policy measures all programs exec'd, files
1627			mmap'd for exec, and all files opened with the read
1628			mode bit set by either the effective uid (euid=0) or
1629			uid=0.
1630
1631			The "appraise_tcb" policy appraises the integrity of
1632			all files owned by root.
1633
1634			The "secure_boot" policy appraises the integrity
1635			of files (eg. kexec kernel image, kernel modules,
1636			firmware, policy, etc) based on file signatures.
1637
1638			The "fail_securely" policy forces file signature
1639			verification failure also on privileged mounted
1640			filesystems with the SB_I_UNVERIFIABLE_SIGNATURE
1641			flag.
1642
1643	ima_tcb		[IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
1644			Load a policy which meets the needs of the Trusted
1645			Computing Base.  This means IMA will measure all
1646			programs exec'd, files mmap'd for exec, and all files
1647			opened for read by uid=0.
1648
1649	ima_template=	[IMA]
1650			Select one of defined IMA measurements template formats.
1651			Formats: { "ima" | "ima-ng" | "ima-sig" }
1652			Default: "ima-ng"
1653
1654	ima_template_fmt=
1655			[IMA] Define a custom template format.
1656			Format: { "field1|...|fieldN" }
1657
1658	ima.ahash_minsize= [IMA] Minimum file size for asynchronous hash usage
1659			Format: <min_file_size>
1660			Set the minimal file size for using asynchronous hash.
1661			If left unspecified, ahash usage is disabled.
1662
1663			ahash performance varies for different data sizes on
1664			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
1665			to achieve the best performance for a particular HW.
1666
1667	ima.ahash_bufsize= [IMA] Asynchronous hash buffer size
1668			Format: <bufsize>
1669			Set hashing buffer size. Default: 4k.
1670
1671			ahash performance varies for different chunk sizes on
1672			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
1673			to achieve best performance for particular HW.
1674
1675	init=		[KNL]
1676			Format: <full_path>
1677			Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init
1678			process.
1679
1680	initcall_debug	[KNL] Trace initcalls as they are executed.  Useful
1681			for working out where the kernel is dying during
1682			startup.
1683
1684	initcall_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not execute a comma-separated list of
1685			initcall functions.  Useful for debugging built-in
1686			modules and initcalls.
1687
1688	initrd=		[BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk
1689
1690	init_on_alloc=	[MM] Fill newly allocated pages and heap objects with
1691			zeroes.
1692			Format: 0 | 1
1693			Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON.
1694
1695	init_on_free=	[MM] Fill freed pages and heap objects with zeroes.
1696			Format: 0 | 1
1697			Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON.
1698
1699	init_pkru=	[x86] Specify the default memory protection keys rights
1700			register contents for all processes.  0x55555554 by
1701			default (disallow access to all but pkey 0).  Can
1702			override in debugfs after boot.
1703
1704	inport.irq=	[HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver
1705			Format: <irq>
1706
1707	int_pln_enable	[x86] Enable power limit notification interrupt
1708
1709	integrity_audit=[IMA]
1710			Format: { "0" | "1" }
1711			0 -- basic integrity auditing messages. (Default)
1712			1 -- additional integrity auditing messages.
1713
1714	intel_iommu=	[DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option
1715		on
1716			Enable intel iommu driver.
1717		off
1718			Disable intel iommu driver.
1719		igfx_off [Default Off]
1720			By default, gfx is mapped as normal device. If a gfx
1721			device has a dedicated DMAR unit, the DMAR unit is
1722			bypassed by not enabling DMAR with this option. In
1723			this case, gfx device will use physical address for
1724			DMA.
1725		forcedac [x86_64]
1726			With this option iommu will not optimize to look
1727			for io virtual address below 32-bit forcing dual
1728			address cycle on pci bus for cards supporting greater
1729			than 32-bit addressing. The default is to look
1730			for translation below 32-bit and if not available
1731			then look in the higher range.
1732		strict [Default Off]
1733			With this option on every unmap_single operation will
1734			result in a hardware IOTLB flush operation as opposed
1735			to batching them for performance.
1736		sp_off [Default Off]
1737			By default, super page will be supported if Intel IOMMU
1738			has the capability. With this option, super page will
1739			not be supported.
1740		sm_on [Default Off]
1741			By default, scalable mode will be disabled even if the
1742			hardware advertises that it has support for the scalable
1743			mode translation. With this option set, scalable mode
1744			will be used on hardware which claims to support it.
1745		tboot_noforce [Default Off]
1746			Do not force the Intel IOMMU enabled under tboot.
1747			By default, tboot will force Intel IOMMU on, which
1748			could harm performance of some high-throughput
1749			devices like 40GBit network cards, even if identity
1750			mapping is enabled.
1751			Note that using this option lowers the security
1752			provided by tboot because it makes the system
1753			vulnerable to DMA attacks.
1754		nobounce [Default off]
1755			Disable bounce buffer for unstrusted devices such as
1756			the Thunderbolt devices. This will treat the untrusted
1757			devices as the trusted ones, hence might expose security
1758			risks of DMA attacks.
1759
1760	intel_idle.max_cstate=	[KNL,HW,ACPI,X86]
1761			0	disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle.
1762			1 to 9	specify maximum depth of C-state.
1763
1764	intel_pstate=	[X86]
1765			disable
1766			  Do not enable intel_pstate as the default
1767			  scaling driver for the supported processors
1768			passive
1769			  Use intel_pstate as a scaling driver, but configure it
1770			  to work with generic cpufreq governors (instead of
1771			  enabling its internal governor).  This mode cannot be
1772			  used along with the hardware-managed P-states (HWP)
1773			  feature.
1774			force
1775			  Enable intel_pstate on systems that prohibit it by default
1776			  in favor of acpi-cpufreq. Forcing the intel_pstate driver
1777			  instead of acpi-cpufreq may disable platform features, such
1778			  as thermal controls and power capping, that rely on ACPI
1779			  P-States information being indicated to OSPM and therefore
1780			  should be used with caution. This option does not work with
1781			  processors that aren't supported by the intel_pstate driver
1782			  or on platforms that use pcc-cpufreq instead of acpi-cpufreq.
1783			no_hwp
1784			  Do not enable hardware P state control (HWP)
1785			  if available.
1786			hwp_only
1787			  Only load intel_pstate on systems which support
1788			  hardware P state control (HWP) if available.
1789			support_acpi_ppc
1790			  Enforce ACPI _PPC performance limits. If the Fixed ACPI
1791			  Description Table, specifies preferred power management
1792			  profile as "Enterprise Server" or "Performance Server",
1793			  then this feature is turned on by default.
1794			per_cpu_perf_limits
1795			  Allow per-logical-CPU P-State performance control limits using
1796			  cpufreq sysfs interface
1797
1798	intremap=	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU]
1799			on	enable Interrupt Remapping (default)
1800			off	disable Interrupt Remapping
1801			nosid	disable Source ID checking
1802			no_x2apic_optout
1803				BIOS x2APIC opt-out request will be ignored
1804			nopost	disable Interrupt Posting
1805
1806	iomem=		Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
1807		strict	regions from userspace.
1808		relaxed
1809
1810	iommu=		[x86]
1811		off
1812		force
1813		noforce
1814		biomerge
1815		panic
1816		nopanic
1817		merge
1818		nomerge
1819		soft
1820		pt		[x86]
1821		nopt		[x86]
1822		nobypass	[PPC/POWERNV]
1823			Disable IOMMU bypass, using IOMMU for PCI devices.
1824
1825	iommu.strict=	[ARM64] Configure TLB invalidation behaviour
1826			Format: { "0" | "1" }
1827			0 - Lazy mode.
1828			  Request that DMA unmap operations use deferred
1829			  invalidation of hardware TLBs, for increased
1830			  throughput at the cost of reduced device isolation.
1831			  Will fall back to strict mode if not supported by
1832			  the relevant IOMMU driver.
1833			1 - Strict mode (default).
1834			  DMA unmap operations invalidate IOMMU hardware TLBs
1835			  synchronously.
1836
1837	iommu.passthrough=
1838			[ARM64, X86] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default.
1839			Format: { "0" | "1" }
1840			0 - Use IOMMU translation for DMA.
1841			1 - Bypass the IOMMU for DMA.
1842			unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_PASSTHROUGH.
1843
1844	io7=		[HW] IO7 for Marvel based alpha systems
1845			See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
1846			arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
1847
1848	io_delay=	[X86] I/O delay method
1849		0x80
1850			Standard port 0x80 based delay
1851		0xed
1852			Alternate port 0xed based delay (needed on some systems)
1853		udelay
1854			Simple two microseconds delay
1855		none
1856			No delay
1857
1858	ip=		[IP_PNP]
1859			See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
1860
1861	ipcmni_extend	[KNL] Extend the maximum number of unique System V
1862			IPC identifiers from 32,768 to 16,777,216.
1863
1864	irqaffinity=	[SMP] Set the default irq affinity mask
1865			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
1866
1867	irqchip.gicv2_force_probe=
1868			[ARM, ARM64]
1869			Format: <bool>
1870			Force the kernel to look for the second 4kB page
1871			of a GICv2 controller even if the memory range
1872			exposed by the device tree is too small.
1873
1874	irqchip.gicv3_nolpi=
1875			[ARM, ARM64]
1876			Force the kernel to ignore the availability of
1877			LPIs (and by consequence ITSs). Intended for system
1878			that use the kernel as a bootloader, and thus want
1879			to let secondary kernels in charge of setting up
1880			LPIs.
1881
1882	irqchip.gicv3_pseudo_nmi= [ARM64]
1883			Enables support for pseudo-NMIs in the kernel. This
1884			requires the kernel to be built with
1885			CONFIG_ARM64_PSEUDO_NMI.
1886
1887	irqfixup	[HW]
1888			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
1889			for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
1890			firmware running.
1891
1892	irqpoll		[HW]
1893			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
1894			for it. Also check all handlers each timer
1895			interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken
1896			firmware running.
1897
1898	isapnp=		[ISAPNP]
1899			Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
1900
1901	isolcpus=	[KNL,SMP,ISOL] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance.
1902			[Deprecated - use cpusets instead]
1903			Format: [flag-list,]<cpu-list>
1904
1905			Specify one or more CPUs to isolate from disturbances
1906			specified in the flag list (default: domain):
1907
1908			nohz
1909			  Disable the tick when a single task runs.
1910
1911			  A residual 1Hz tick is offloaded to workqueues, which you
1912			  need to affine to housekeeping through the global
1913			  workqueue's affinity configured via the
1914			  /sys/devices/virtual/workqueue/cpumask sysfs file, or
1915			  by using the 'domain' flag described below.
1916
1917			  NOTE: by default the global workqueue runs on all CPUs,
1918			  so to protect individual CPUs the 'cpumask' file has to
1919			  be configured manually after bootup.
1920
1921			domain
1922			  Isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
1923			  algorithms. Note that performing domain isolation this way
1924			  is irreversible: it's not possible to bring back a CPU to
1925			  the domains once isolated through isolcpus. It's strongly
1926			  advised to use cpusets instead to disable scheduler load
1927			  balancing through the "cpuset.sched_load_balance" file.
1928			  It offers a much more flexible interface where CPUs can
1929			  move in and out of an isolated set anytime.
1930
1931			  You can move a process onto or off an "isolated" CPU via
1932			  the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
1933			  <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
1934			  "number of CPUs in system - 1".
1935
1936			The format of <cpu-list> is described above.
1937
1938
1939
1940	iucv=		[HW,NET]
1941
1942	ivrs_ioapic	[HW,X86_64]
1943			Provide an override to the IOAPIC-ID<->DEVICE-ID
1944			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
1945			example, to map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to
1946			PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
1947				ivrs_ioapic[10]=00:14.0
1948
1949	ivrs_hpet	[HW,X86_64]
1950			Provide an override to the HPET-ID<->DEVICE-ID
1951			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
1952			example, to map HPET-ID decimal 0 to
1953			PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
1954				ivrs_hpet[0]=00:14.0
1955
1956	ivrs_acpihid	[HW,X86_64]
1957			Provide an override to the ACPI-HID:UID<->DEVICE-ID
1958			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
1959			example, to map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to
1960			PCI device 00:14.5 write the parameter as:
1961				ivrs_acpihid[00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
1962
1963	js=		[HW,JOY] Analog joystick
1964			See Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst.
1965
1966	nokaslr		[KNL]
1967			When CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is set, this disables
1968			kernel and module base offset ASLR (Address Space
1969			Layout Randomization).
1970
1971	kasan_multi_shot
1972			[KNL] Enforce KASAN (Kernel Address Sanitizer) to print
1973			report on every invalid memory access. Without this
1974			parameter KASAN will print report only for the first
1975			invalid access.
1976
1977	keepinitrd	[HW,ARM]
1978
1979	kernelcore=	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
1980			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn% | "mirror"
1981			This parameter specifies the amount of memory usable by
1982			the kernel for non-movable allocations.  The requested
1983			amount is spread evenly throughout all nodes in the
1984			system as ZONE_NORMAL.  The remaining memory is used for
1985			movable memory in its own zone, ZONE_MOVABLE.  In the
1986			event, a node is too small to have both ZONE_NORMAL and
1987			ZONE_MOVABLE, kernelcore memory will take priority and
1988			other nodes will have a larger ZONE_MOVABLE.
1989
1990			ZONE_MOVABLE is used for the allocation of pages that
1991			may be reclaimed or moved by the page migration
1992			subsystem.  Note that allocations like PTEs-from-HighMem
1993			still use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal
1994			zone if it does not.
1995
1996			It is possible to specify the exact amount of memory in
1997			the form of "nn[KMGTPE]", a percentage of total system
1998			memory in the form of "nn%", or "mirror".  If "mirror"
1999			option is specified, mirrored (reliable) memory is used
2000			for non-movable allocations and remaining memory is used
2001			for Movable pages.  "nn[KMGTPE]", "nn%", and "mirror"
2002			are exclusive, so you cannot specify multiple forms.
2003
2004	kgdbdbgp=	[KGDB,HW] kgdb over EHCI usb debug port.
2005			Format: <Controller#>[,poll interval]
2006			The controller # is the number of the ehci usb debug
2007			port as it is probed via PCI.  The poll interval is
2008			optional and is the number seconds in between
2009			each poll cycle to the debug port in case you need
2010			the functionality for interrupting the kernel with
2011			gdb or control-c on the dbgp connection.  When
2012			not using this parameter you use sysrq-g to break into
2013			the kernel debugger.
2014
2015	kgdboc=		[KGDB,HW] kgdb over consoles.
2016			Requires a tty driver that supports console polling,
2017			or a supported polling keyboard driver (non-usb).
2018			 Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud]
2019			 keyboard only format: kbd
2020			 keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud]
2021			Optional Kernel mode setting:
2022			 kms, kbd format: kms,kbd
2023			 kms, kbd and serial format: kms,kbd,<ser_dev>[,baud]
2024
2025	kgdbwait	[KGDB] Stop kernel execution and enter the
2026			kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity.
2027
2028	kmac=		[MIPS] korina ethernet MAC address.
2029			Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
2030			Ethernet adapter MAC address.
2031
2032	kmemleak=	[KNL] Boot-time kmemleak enable/disable
2033			Valid arguments: on, off
2034			Default: on
2035			Built with CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF=y,
2036			the default is off.
2037
2038	kprobe_event=[probe-list]
2039			[FTRACE] Add kprobe events and enable at boot time.
2040			The probe-list is a semicolon delimited list of probe
2041			definitions. Each definition is same as kprobe_events
2042			interface, but the parameters are comma delimited.
2043			For example, to add a kprobe event on vfs_read with
2044			arg1 and arg2, add to the command line;
2045
2046			      kprobe_event=p,vfs_read,$arg1,$arg2
2047
2048			See also Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst "Kernel
2049			Boot Parameter" section.
2050
2051	kpti=		[ARM64] Control page table isolation of user
2052			and kernel address spaces.
2053			Default: enabled on cores which need mitigation.
2054			0: force disabled
2055			1: force enabled
2056
2057	kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs.
2058			Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP)
2059
2060	kvm.enable_vmware_backdoor=[KVM] Support VMware backdoor PV interface.
2061				   Default is false (don't support).
2062
2063	kvm.mmu_audit=	[KVM] This is a R/W parameter which allows audit
2064			KVM MMU at runtime.
2065			Default is 0 (off)
2066
2067	kvm.nx_huge_pages=
2068			[KVM] Controls the software workaround for the
2069			X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT bug.
2070			force	: Always deploy workaround.
2071			off	: Never deploy workaround.
2072			auto    : Deploy workaround based on the presence of
2073				  X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT.
2074
2075			Default is 'auto'.
2076
2077			If the software workaround is enabled for the host,
2078			guests do need not to enable it for nested guests.
2079
2080	kvm.nx_huge_pages_recovery_ratio=
2081			[KVM] Controls how many 4KiB pages are periodically zapped
2082			back to huge pages.  0 disables the recovery, otherwise if
2083			the value is N KVM will zap 1/Nth of the 4KiB pages every
2084			minute.  The default is 60.
2085
2086	kvm-amd.nested=	[KVM,AMD] Allow nested virtualization in KVM/SVM.
2087			Default is 1 (enabled)
2088
2089	kvm-amd.npt=	[KVM,AMD] Disable nested paging (virtualized MMU)
2090			for all guests.
2091			Default is 1 (enabled) if in 64-bit or 32-bit PAE mode.
2092
2093	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group0_trap=
2094			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-0
2095			system registers
2096
2097	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group1_trap=
2098			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-1
2099			system registers
2100
2101	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_common_trap=
2102			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 common
2103			system registers
2104
2105	kvm-arm.vgic_v4_enable=
2106			[KVM,ARM] Allow use of GICv4 for direct injection of
2107			LPIs.
2108
2109	kvm-intel.ept=	[KVM,Intel] Disable extended page tables
2110			(virtualized MMU) support on capable Intel chips.
2111			Default is 1 (enabled)
2112
2113	kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest_state=
2114			[KVM,Intel] Enable emulation of invalid guest states
2115			Default is 0 (disabled)
2116
2117	kvm-intel.flexpriority=
2118			[KVM,Intel] Disable FlexPriority feature (TPR shadow).
2119			Default is 1 (enabled)
2120
2121	kvm-intel.nested=
2122			[KVM,Intel] Enable VMX nesting (nVMX).
2123			Default is 0 (disabled)
2124
2125	kvm-intel.unrestricted_guest=
2126			[KVM,Intel] Disable unrestricted guest feature
2127			(virtualized real and unpaged mode) on capable
2128			Intel chips. Default is 1 (enabled)
2129
2130	kvm-intel.vmentry_l1d_flush=[KVM,Intel] Mitigation for L1 Terminal Fault
2131			CVE-2018-3620.
2132
2133			Valid arguments: never, cond, always
2134
2135			always: L1D cache flush on every VMENTER.
2136			cond:	Flush L1D on VMENTER only when the code between
2137				VMEXIT and VMENTER can leak host memory.
2138			never:	Disables the mitigation
2139
2140			Default is cond (do L1 cache flush in specific instances)
2141
2142	kvm-intel.vpid=	[KVM,Intel] Disable Virtual Processor Identification
2143			feature (tagged TLBs) on capable Intel chips.
2144			Default is 1 (enabled)
2145
2146	l1tf=           [X86] Control mitigation of the L1TF vulnerability on
2147			      affected CPUs
2148
2149			The kernel PTE inversion protection is unconditionally
2150			enabled and cannot be disabled.
2151
2152			full
2153				Provides all available mitigations for the
2154				L1TF vulnerability. Disables SMT and
2155				enables all mitigations in the
2156				hypervisors, i.e. unconditional L1D flush.
2157
2158				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2159				sysfs interface is still possible after
2160				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2161				when the first VM is started in a
2162				potentially insecure configuration,
2163				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2164
2165			full,force
2166				Same as 'full', but disables SMT and L1D
2167				flush runtime control. Implies the
2168				'nosmt=force' command line option.
2169				(i.e. sysfs control of SMT is disabled.)
2170
2171			flush
2172				Leaves SMT enabled and enables the default
2173				hypervisor mitigation, i.e. conditional
2174				L1D flush.
2175
2176				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2177				sysfs interface is still possible after
2178				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2179				when the first VM is started in a
2180				potentially insecure configuration,
2181				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2182
2183			flush,nosmt
2184
2185				Disables SMT and enables the default
2186				hypervisor mitigation.
2187
2188				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2189				sysfs interface is still possible after
2190				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2191				when the first VM is started in a
2192				potentially insecure configuration,
2193				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2194
2195			flush,nowarn
2196				Same as 'flush', but hypervisors will not
2197				warn when a VM is started in a potentially
2198				insecure configuration.
2199
2200			off
2201				Disables hypervisor mitigations and doesn't
2202				emit any warnings.
2203				It also drops the swap size and available
2204				RAM limit restriction on both hypervisor and
2205				bare metal.
2206
2207			Default is 'flush'.
2208
2209			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1tf.rst
2210
2211	l2cr=		[PPC]
2212
2213	l3cr=		[PPC]
2214
2215	lapic		[X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS
2216			disabled it.
2217
2218	lapic=		[x86,APIC] "notscdeadline" Do not use TSC deadline
2219			value for LAPIC timer one-shot implementation. Default
2220			back to the programmable timer unit in the LAPIC.
2221
2222	lapic_timer_c2_ok	[X86,APIC] trust the local apic timer
2223			in C2 power state.
2224
2225	libata.dma=	[LIBATA] DMA control
2226			libata.dma=0	  Disable all PATA and SATA DMA
2227			libata.dma=1	  PATA and SATA Disk DMA only
2228			libata.dma=2	  ATAPI (CDROM) DMA only
2229			libata.dma=4	  Compact Flash DMA only
2230			Combinations also work, so libata.dma=3 enables DMA
2231			for disks and CDROMs, but not CFs.
2232
2233	libata.ignore_hpa=	[LIBATA] Ignore HPA limit
2234			libata.ignore_hpa=0	  keep BIOS limits (default)
2235			libata.ignore_hpa=1	  ignore limits, using full disk
2236
2237	libata.noacpi	[LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume
2238			when set.
2239			Format: <int>
2240
2241	libata.force=	[LIBATA] Force configurations.  The format is comma
2242			separated list of "[ID:]VAL" where ID is
2243			PORT[.DEVICE].  PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers
2244			matching port, link or device.  Basically, it matches
2245			the ATA ID string printed on console by libata.  If
2246			the whole ID part is omitted, the last PORT and DEVICE
2247			values are used.  If ID hasn't been specified yet, the
2248			configuration applies to all ports, links and devices.
2249
2250			If only DEVICE is omitted, the parameter applies to
2251			the port and all links and devices behind it.  DEVICE
2252			number of 0 either selects the first device or the
2253			first fan-out link behind PMP device.  It does not
2254			select the host link.  DEVICE number of 15 selects the
2255			host link and device attached to it.
2256
2257			The VAL specifies the configuration to force.  As long
2258			as there's no ambiguity shortcut notation is allowed.
2259			For example, both 1.5 and 1.5G would work for 1.5Gbps.
2260			The following configurations can be forced.
2261
2262			* Cable type: 40c, 80c, short40c, unk, ign or sata.
2263			  Any ID with matching PORT is used.
2264
2265			* SATA link speed limit: 1.5Gbps or 3.0Gbps.
2266
2267			* Transfer mode: pio[0-7], mwdma[0-4] and udma[0-7].
2268			  udma[/][16,25,33,44,66,100,133] notation is also
2269			  allowed.
2270
2271			* [no]ncq: Turn on or off NCQ.
2272
2273			* [no]ncqtrim: Turn off queued DSM TRIM.
2274
2275			* nohrst, nosrst, norst: suppress hard, soft
2276			  and both resets.
2277
2278			* rstonce: only attempt one reset during
2279			  hot-unplug link recovery
2280
2281			* dump_id: dump IDENTIFY data.
2282
2283			* atapi_dmadir: Enable ATAPI DMADIR bridge support
2284
2285			* disable: Disable this device.
2286
2287			If there are multiple matching configurations changing
2288			the same attribute, the last one is used.
2289
2290	memblock=debug	[KNL] Enable memblock debug messages.
2291
2292	load_ramdisk=	[RAM] List of ramdisks to load from floppy
2293			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst.
2294
2295	lockd.nlm_grace_period=P  [NFS] Assign grace period.
2296			Format: <integer>
2297
2298	lockd.nlm_tcpport=N	[NFS] Assign TCP port.
2299			Format: <integer>
2300
2301	lockd.nlm_timeout=T	[NFS] Assign timeout value.
2302			Format: <integer>
2303
2304	lockd.nlm_udpport=M	[NFS] Assign UDP port.
2305			Format: <integer>
2306
2307	lockdown=	[SECURITY]
2308			{ integrity | confidentiality }
2309			Enable the kernel lockdown feature. If set to
2310			integrity, kernel features that allow userland to
2311			modify the running kernel are disabled. If set to
2312			confidentiality, kernel features that allow userland
2313			to extract confidential information from the kernel
2314			are also disabled.
2315
2316	locktorture.nreaders_stress= [KNL]
2317			Set the number of locking read-acquisition kthreads.
2318			Defaults to being automatically set based on the
2319			number of online CPUs.
2320
2321	locktorture.nwriters_stress= [KNL]
2322			Set the number of locking write-acquisition kthreads.
2323
2324	locktorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
2325			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
2326
2327	locktorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
2328			Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
2329			zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
2330
2331	locktorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
2332			Set task-shuffle interval (jiffies).  Shuffling
2333			tasks allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle
2334			mode during the locktorture test.
2335
2336	locktorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
2337			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
2338			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
2339
2340	locktorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
2341			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
2342
2343	locktorture.stutter= [KNL]
2344			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example,
2345			specifying five seconds causes the test to run for
2346			five seconds, wait for five seconds, and so on.
2347			This tests the locking primitive's ability to
2348			transition abruptly to and from idle.
2349
2350	locktorture.torture_type= [KNL]
2351			Specify the locking implementation to test.
2352
2353	locktorture.verbose= [KNL]
2354			Enable additional printk() statements.
2355
2356	logibm.irq=	[HW,MOUSE] Logitech Bus Mouse Driver
2357			Format: <irq>
2358
2359	loglevel=	All Kernel Messages with a loglevel smaller than the
2360			console loglevel will be printed to the console. It can
2361			also be changed with klogd or other programs. The
2362			loglevels are defined as follows:
2363
2364			0 (KERN_EMERG)		system is unusable
2365			1 (KERN_ALERT)		action must be taken immediately
2366			2 (KERN_CRIT)		critical conditions
2367			3 (KERN_ERR)		error conditions
2368			4 (KERN_WARNING)	warning conditions
2369			5 (KERN_NOTICE)		normal but significant condition
2370			6 (KERN_INFO)		informational
2371			7 (KERN_DEBUG)		debug-level messages
2372
2373	log_buf_len=n[KMG]	Sets the size of the printk ring buffer,
2374			in bytes.  n must be a power of two and greater
2375			than the minimal size. The minimal size is defined
2376			by LOG_BUF_SHIFT kernel config parameter. There is
2377			also CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT config parameter
2378			that allows to increase the default size depending on
2379			the number of CPUs. See init/Kconfig for more details.
2380
2381	logo.nologo	[FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo.
2382			This may be used to provide more screen space for
2383			kernel log messages and is useful when debugging
2384			kernel boot problems.
2385
2386	lp=0		[LP]	Specify parallel ports to use, e.g,
2387	lp=port[,port...]	lp=none,parport0 (lp0 not configured, lp1 uses
2388	lp=reset		first parallel port). 'lp=0' disables the
2389	lp=auto			printer driver. 'lp=reset' (which can be
2390				specified in addition to the ports) causes
2391				attached printers to be reset. Using
2392				lp=port1,port2,... specifies the parallel ports
2393				to associate lp devices with, starting with
2394				lp0. A port specification may be 'none' to skip
2395				that lp device, or a parport name such as
2396				'parport0'. Specifying 'lp=auto' instead of a
2397				port specification list means that device IDs
2398				from each port should be examined, to see if
2399				an IEEE 1284-compliant printer is attached; if
2400				so, the driver will manage that printer.
2401				See also header of drivers/char/lp.c.
2402
2403	lpj=n		[KNL]
2404			Sets loops_per_jiffy to given constant, thus avoiding
2405			time-consuming boot-time autodetection (up to 250 ms per
2406			CPU). 0 enables autodetection (default). To determine
2407			the correct value for your kernel, boot with normal
2408			autodetection and see what value is printed. Note that
2409			on SMP systems the preset will be applied to all CPUs,
2410			which is likely to cause problems if your CPUs need
2411			significantly divergent settings. An incorrect value
2412			will cause delays in the kernel to be wrong, leading to
2413			unpredictable I/O errors and other breakage. Although
2414			unlikely, in the extreme case this might damage your
2415			hardware.
2416
2417	ltpc=		[NET]
2418			Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>
2419
2420	lsm.debug	[SECURITY] Enable LSM initialization debugging output.
2421
2422	lsm=lsm1,...,lsmN
2423			[SECURITY] Choose order of LSM initialization. This
2424			overrides CONFIG_LSM, and the "security=" parameter.
2425
2426	machvec=	[IA-64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector
2427			(machvec) in a generic kernel.
2428			Example: machvec=hpzx1
2429
2430	machtype=	[Loongson] Share the same kernel image file between different
2431			 yeeloong laptop.
2432			Example: machtype=lemote-yeeloong-2f-7inch
2433
2434	max_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater
2435			than or equal to this physical address is ignored.
2436
2437	maxcpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
2438			will bring up during bootup.  maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits
2439			the kernel to bring up 'n' processors. Surely after
2440			bootup you can bring up the other plugged cpu by executing
2441			"echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/online". So maxcpus
2442			only takes effect during system bootup.
2443			While n=0 is a special case, it is equivalent to "nosmp",
2444			which also disables the IO APIC.
2445
2446	max_loop=	[LOOP] The number of loop block devices that get
2447	(loop.max_loop)	unconditionally pre-created at init time. The default
2448			number is configured by BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT. Instead
2449			of statically allocating a predefined number, loop
2450			devices can be requested on-demand with the
2451			/dev/loop-control interface.
2452
2453	mce		[X86-32] Machine Check Exception
2454
2455	mce=option	[X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
2456
2457	md=		[HW] RAID subsystems devices and level
2458			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
2459
2460	mdacon=		[MDA]
2461			Format: <first>,<last>
2462			Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA.
2463
2464	mds=		[X86,INTEL]
2465			Control mitigation for the Micro-architectural Data
2466			Sampling (MDS) vulnerability.
2467
2468			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU
2469			internal buffers which can forward information to a
2470			disclosure gadget under certain conditions.
2471
2472			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively
2473			forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel
2474			attack, to access data to which the attacker does
2475			not have direct access.
2476
2477			This parameter controls the MDS mitigation. The
2478			options are:
2479
2480			full       - Enable MDS mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
2481			full,nosmt - Enable MDS mitigation and disable
2482				     SMT on vulnerable CPUs
2483			off        - Unconditionally disable MDS mitigation
2484
2485			On TAA-affected machines, mds=off can be prevented by
2486			an active TAA mitigation as both vulnerabilities are
2487			mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
2488			this mitigation, you need to specify tsx_async_abort=off
2489			too.
2490
2491			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
2492			mds=full.
2493
2494			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.rst
2495
2496	mem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory
2497			Amount of memory to be used when the kernel is not able
2498			to see the whole system memory or for test.
2499			[X86] Work as limiting max address. Use together
2500			with memmap= to avoid physical address space collisions.
2501			Without memmap= PCI devices could be placed at addresses
2502			belonging to unused RAM.
2503
2504	mem=nopentium	[BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
2505			memory.
2506
2507	memchunk=nn[KMG]
2508			[KNL,SH] Allow user to override the default size for
2509			per-device physically contiguous DMA buffers.
2510
2511	memhp_default_state=online/offline
2512			[KNL] Set the initial state for the memory hotplug
2513			onlining policy. If not specified, the default value is
2514			set according to the
2515			CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE kernel config
2516			option.
2517			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/memory-hotplug.rst.
2518
2519	memmap=exactmap	[KNL,X86] Enable setting of an exact
2520			E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
2521			Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on
2522			BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss
2523			option description.
2524
2525	memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
2526			[KNL] Force usage of a specific region of memory.
2527			Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn.
2528			If @ss[KMG] is omitted, it is equivalent to mem=nn[KMG],
2529			which limits max address to nn[KMG].
2530			Multiple different regions can be specified,
2531			comma delimited.
2532			Example:
2533				memmap=100M@2G,100M#3G,1G!1024G
2534
2535	memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
2536			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
2537			Region of memory to be marked is from ss to ss+nn.
2538
2539	memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
2540			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved.
2541			Region of memory to be reserved is from ss to ss+nn.
2542			Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff
2543			         memmap=64K$0x18690000
2544			         or
2545			         memmap=0x10000$0x18690000
2546			Some bootloaders may need an escape character before '$',
2547			like Grub2, otherwise '$' and the following number
2548			will be eaten.
2549
2550	memmap=nn[KMG]!ss[KMG]
2551			[KNL,X86] Mark specific memory as protected.
2552			Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
2553			The memory region may be marked as e820 type 12 (0xc)
2554			and is NVDIMM or ADR memory.
2555
2556	memmap=<size>%<offset>-<oldtype>+<newtype>
2557			[KNL,ACPI] Convert memory within the specified region
2558			from <oldtype> to <newtype>. If "-<oldtype>" is left
2559			out, the whole region will be marked as <newtype>,
2560			even if previously unavailable. If "+<newtype>" is left
2561			out, matching memory will be removed. Types are
2562			specified as e820 types, e.g., 1 = RAM, 2 = reserved,
2563			3 = ACPI, 12 = PRAM.
2564
2565	memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86]
2566			Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the first 64k of
2567			memory when doing things like suspend/resume.
2568			Setting this option will scan the memory
2569			looking for corruption.  Enabling this will
2570			both detect corruption and prevent the kernel
2571			from using the memory being corrupted.
2572			However, its intended as a diagnostic tool; if
2573			repeatable BIOS-originated corruption always
2574			affects the same memory, you can use memmap=
2575			to prevent the kernel from using that memory.
2576
2577	memory_corruption_check_size=size [X86]
2578			By default it checks for corruption in the low
2579			64k, making this memory unavailable for normal
2580			use.  Use this parameter to scan for
2581			corruption in more or less memory.
2582
2583	memory_corruption_check_period=seconds [X86]
2584			By default it checks for corruption every 60
2585			seconds.  Use this parameter to check at some
2586			other rate.  0 disables periodic checking.
2587
2588	memtest=	[KNL,X86,ARM,PPC] Enable memtest
2589			Format: <integer>
2590			default : 0 <disable>
2591			Specifies the number of memtest passes to be
2592			performed. Each pass selects another test
2593			pattern from a given set of patterns. Memtest
2594			fills the memory with this pattern, validates
2595			memory contents and reserves bad memory
2596			regions that are detected.
2597
2598	mem_encrypt=	[X86-64] AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) control
2599			Valid arguments: on, off
2600			Default (depends on kernel configuration option):
2601			  on  (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=y)
2602			  off (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=n)
2603			mem_encrypt=on:		Activate SME
2604			mem_encrypt=off:	Do not activate SME
2605
2606			Refer to Documentation/virt/kvm/amd-memory-encryption.rst
2607			for details on when memory encryption can be activated.
2608
2609	mem_sleep_default=	[SUSPEND] Default system suspend mode:
2610			s2idle  - Suspend-To-Idle
2611			shallow - Power-On Suspend or equivalent (if supported)
2612			deep    - Suspend-To-RAM or equivalent (if supported)
2613			See Documentation/admin-guide/pm/sleep-states.rst.
2614
2615	meye.*=		[HW] Set MotionEye Camera parameters
2616			See Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/meye.rst.
2617
2618	mfgpt_irq=	[IA-32] Specify the IRQ to use for the
2619			Multi-Function General Purpose Timers on AMD Geode
2620			platforms.
2621
2622	mfgptfix	[X86-32] Fix MFGPT timers on AMD Geode platforms when
2623			the BIOS has incorrectly applied a workaround. TinyBIOS
2624			version 0.98 is known to be affected, 0.99 fixes the
2625			problem by letting the user disable the workaround.
2626
2627	mga=		[HW,DRM]
2628
2629	min_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory below this
2630			physical address is ignored.
2631
2632	mini2440=	[ARM,HW,KNL]
2633			Format:[0..2][b][c][t]
2634			Default: "0tb"
2635			MINI2440 configuration specification:
2636			0 - The attached screen is the 3.5" TFT
2637			1 - The attached screen is the 7" TFT
2638			2 - The VGA Shield is attached (1024x768)
2639			Leaving out the screen size parameter will not load
2640			the TFT driver, and the framebuffer will be left
2641			unconfigured.
2642			b - Enable backlight. The TFT backlight pin will be
2643			linked to the kernel VESA blanking code and a GPIO
2644			LED. This parameter is not necessary when using the
2645			VGA shield.
2646			c - Enable the s3c camera interface.
2647			t - Reserved for enabling touchscreen support. The
2648			touchscreen support is not enabled in the mainstream
2649			kernel as of 2.6.30, a preliminary port can be found
2650			in the "bleeding edge" mini2440 support kernel at
2651			http://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/mini2440.git
2652
2653	mitigations=
2654			[X86,PPC,S390,ARM64] Control optional mitigations for
2655			CPU vulnerabilities.  This is a set of curated,
2656			arch-independent options, each of which is an
2657			aggregation of existing arch-specific options.
2658
2659			off
2660				Disable all optional CPU mitigations.  This
2661				improves system performance, but it may also
2662				expose users to several CPU vulnerabilities.
2663				Equivalent to: nopti [X86,PPC]
2664					       kpti=0 [ARM64]
2665					       nospectre_v1 [X86,PPC]
2666					       nobp=0 [S390]
2667					       nospectre_v2 [X86,PPC,S390,ARM64]
2668					       spectre_v2_user=off [X86]
2669					       spec_store_bypass_disable=off [X86,PPC]
2670					       ssbd=force-off [ARM64]
2671					       l1tf=off [X86]
2672					       mds=off [X86]
2673					       tsx_async_abort=off [X86]
2674					       kvm.nx_huge_pages=off [X86]
2675
2676				Exceptions:
2677					       This does not have any effect on
2678					       kvm.nx_huge_pages when
2679					       kvm.nx_huge_pages=force.
2680
2681			auto (default)
2682				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, but leave SMT
2683				enabled, even if it's vulnerable.  This is for
2684				users who don't want to be surprised by SMT
2685				getting disabled across kernel upgrades, or who
2686				have other ways of avoiding SMT-based attacks.
2687				Equivalent to: (default behavior)
2688
2689			auto,nosmt
2690				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, disabling SMT
2691				if needed.  This is for users who always want to
2692				be fully mitigated, even if it means losing SMT.
2693				Equivalent to: l1tf=flush,nosmt [X86]
2694					       mds=full,nosmt [X86]
2695					       tsx_async_abort=full,nosmt [X86]
2696
2697	mminit_loglevel=
2698			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this
2699			parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for
2700			the additional memory initialisation checks. A value
2701			of 0 disables mminit logging and a level of 4 will
2702			log everything. Information is printed at KERN_DEBUG
2703			so loglevel=8 may also need to be specified.
2704
2705	module.sig_enforce
2706			[KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_SIG is set, this means that
2707			modules without (valid) signatures will fail to load.
2708			Note that if CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE is set, that
2709			is always true, so this option does nothing.
2710
2711	module_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not load a comma-separated list of
2712			modules.  Useful for debugging problem modules.
2713
2714	mousedev.tap_time=
2715			[MOUSE] Maximum time between finger touching and
2716			leaving touchpad surface for touch to be considered
2717			a tap and be reported as a left button click (for
2718			touchpads working in absolute mode only).
2719			Format: <msecs>
2720	mousedev.xres=	[MOUSE] Horizontal screen resolution, used for devices
2721			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
2722	mousedev.yres=	[MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices
2723			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
2724
2725	movablecore=	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
2726			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn%
2727			This parameter is the complement to kernelcore=, it
2728			specifies the amount of memory used for migratable
2729			allocations.  If both kernelcore and movablecore is
2730			specified, then kernelcore will be at *least* the
2731			specified value but may be more.  If movablecore on its
2732			own is specified, the administrator must be careful
2733			that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
2734			is not too small.
2735
2736	movable_node	[KNL] Boot-time switch to make hotplugable memory
2737			NUMA nodes to be movable. This means that the memory
2738			of such nodes will be usable only for movable
2739			allocations which rules out almost all kernel
2740			allocations. Use with caution!
2741
2742	MTD_Partition=	[MTD]
2743			Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset>
2744
2745	MTD_Region=	[MTD] Format:
2746			<name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>]
2747
2748	mtdparts=	[MTD]
2749			See drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c.
2750
2751	multitce=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
2752			firmware feature for updating multiple TCE entries
2753			at a time.
2754
2755	onenand.bdry=	[HW,MTD] Flex-OneNAND Boundary Configuration
2756
2757			Format: [die0_boundary][,die0_lock][,die1_boundary][,die1_lock]
2758
2759			boundary - index of last SLC block on Flex-OneNAND.
2760				   The remaining blocks are configured as MLC blocks.
2761			lock	 - Configure if Flex-OneNAND boundary should be locked.
2762				   Once locked, the boundary cannot be changed.
2763				   1 indicates lock status, 0 indicates unlock status.
2764
2765	mtdset=		[ARM]
2766			ARM/S3C2412 JIVE boot control
2767
2768			See arch/arm/mach-s3c2412/mach-jive.c
2769
2770	mtouchusb.raw_coordinates=
2771			[HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates
2772			('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n')
2773
2774	mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
2775			used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continuous chunk
2776			that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
2777
2778	mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
2779			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is granularity of mtrr block.
2780			Default is 1.
2781			Large value could prevent small alignment from
2782			using up MTRRs.
2783
2784	mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86]
2785			Format: <integer>
2786			Range: 0,7 : spare reg number
2787			Default : 1
2788			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is spare mtrr entries number.
2789			Set to 2 or more if your graphical card needs more.
2790
2791	n2=		[NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card
2792
2793	netdev=		[NET] Network devices parameters
2794			Format: <irq>,<io>,<mem_start>,<mem_end>,<name>
2795			Note that mem_start is often overloaded to mean
2796			something different and driver-specific.
2797			This usage is only documented in each driver source
2798			file if at all.
2799
2800	nf_conntrack.acct=
2801			[NETFILTER] Enable connection tracking flow accounting
2802			0 to disable accounting
2803			1 to enable accounting
2804			Default value is 0.
2805
2806	nfsaddrs=	[NFS] Deprecated.  Use ip= instead.
2807			See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
2808
2809	nfsroot=	[NFS] nfs root filesystem for disk-less boxes.
2810			See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
2811
2812	nfsrootdebug	[NFS] enable nfsroot debugging messages.
2813			See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
2814
2815	nfs.callback_nr_threads=
2816			[NFSv4] set the total number of threads that the
2817			NFS client will assign to service NFSv4 callback
2818			requests.
2819
2820	nfs.callback_tcpport=
2821			[NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback
2822			channel should listen.
2823
2824	nfs.cache_getent=
2825			[NFS] sets the pathname to the program which is used
2826			to update the NFS client cache entries.
2827
2828	nfs.cache_getent_timeout=
2829			[NFS] sets the timeout after which an attempt to
2830			update a cache entry is deemed to have failed.
2831
2832	nfs.idmap_cache_timeout=
2833			[NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache
2834			entries.
2835
2836	nfs.enable_ino64=
2837			[NFS] enable 64-bit inode numbers.
2838			If zero, the NFS client will fake up a 32-bit inode
2839			number for the readdir() and stat() syscalls instead
2840			of returning the full 64-bit number.
2841			The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers.
2842
2843	nfs.max_session_cb_slots=
2844			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session
2845			slots the client will assign to the callback
2846			channel. This determines the maximum number of
2847			callbacks the client will process in parallel for
2848			a particular server.
2849
2850	nfs.max_session_slots=
2851			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session slots
2852			the client will attempt to negotiate with the server.
2853			This limits the number of simultaneous RPC requests
2854			that the client can send to the NFSv4.1 server.
2855			Note that there is little point in setting this
2856			value higher than the max_tcp_slot_table_limit.
2857
2858	nfs.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
2859			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', this option
2860			ensures that both the RPC level authentication
2861			scheme and the NFS level operations agree to use
2862			numeric uids/gids if the mount is using the
2863			'sec=sys' security flavour. In effect it is
2864			disabling idmapping, which can make migration from
2865			legacy NFSv2/v3 systems to NFSv4 easier.
2866			Servers that do not support this mode of operation
2867			will be autodetected by the client, and it will fall
2868			back to using the idmapper.
2869			To turn off this behaviour, set the value to '0'.
2870	nfs.nfs4_unique_id=
2871			[NFS4] Specify an additional fixed unique ident-
2872			ification string that NFSv4 clients can insert into
2873			their nfs_client_id4 string.  This is typically a
2874			UUID that is generated at system install time.
2875
2876	nfs.send_implementation_id =
2877			[NFSv4.1] Send client implementation identification
2878			information in exchange_id requests.
2879			If zero, no implementation identification information
2880			will be sent.
2881			The default is to send the implementation identification
2882			information.
2883
2884	nfs.recover_lost_locks =
2885			[NFSv4] Attempt to recover locks that were lost due
2886			to a lease timeout on the server. Please note that
2887			doing this risks data corruption, since there are
2888			no guarantees that the file will remain unchanged
2889			after the locks are lost.
2890			If you want to enable the kernel legacy behaviour of
2891			attempting to recover these locks, then set this
2892			parameter to '1'.
2893			The default parameter value of '0' causes the kernel
2894			not to attempt recovery of lost locks.
2895
2896	nfs4.layoutstats_timer =
2897			[NFSv4.2] Change the rate at which the kernel sends
2898			layoutstats to the pNFS metadata server.
2899
2900			Setting this to value to 0 causes the kernel to use
2901			whatever value is the default set by the layout
2902			driver. A non-zero value sets the minimum interval
2903			in seconds between layoutstats transmissions.
2904
2905	nfsd.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
2906			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', the NFSv4
2907			server will return only numeric uids and gids to
2908			clients using auth_sys, and will accept numeric uids
2909			and gids from such clients.  This is intended to ease
2910			migration from NFSv2/v3.
2911
2912	nmi_debug=	[KNL,SH] Specify one or more actions to take
2913			when a NMI is triggered.
2914			Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
2915
2916	nmi_watchdog=	[KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels
2917			Format: [panic,][nopanic,][num]
2918			Valid num: 0 or 1
2919			0 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog off
2920			1 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog on
2921			When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
2922			timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to not panic on an NMI
2923			watchdog, if CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC is set)
2924			To disable both hard and soft lockup detectors,
2925			please see 'nowatchdog'.
2926			This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
2927			need the box quickly up again.
2928
2929			These settings can be accessed at runtime via
2930			the nmi_watchdog and hardlockup_panic sysctls.
2931
2932	netpoll.carrier_timeout=
2933			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
2934			netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll
2935			waits 4 seconds.
2936
2937	no387		[BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
2938			emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
2939			is present.
2940
2941	no5lvl		[X86-64] Disable 5-level paging mode. Forces
2942			kernel to use 4-level paging instead.
2943
2944	no_console_suspend
2945			[HW] Never suspend the console
2946			Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and
2947			hibernate operations.  Once disabled, debugging
2948			messages can reach various consoles while the rest
2949			of the system is being put to sleep (ie, while
2950			debugging driver suspend/resume hooks).  This may
2951			not work reliably with all consoles, but is known
2952			to work with serial and VGA consoles.
2953			To facilitate more flexible debugging, we also add
2954			console_suspend, a printk module parameter to control
2955			it. Users could use console_suspend (usually
2956			/sys/module/printk/parameters/console_suspend) to
2957			turn on/off it dynamically.
2958
2959	novmcoredd	[KNL,KDUMP]
2960			Disable device dump. Device dump allows drivers to
2961			append dump data to vmcore so you can collect driver
2962			specified debug info.  Drivers can append the data
2963			without any limit and this data is stored in memory,
2964			so this may cause significant memory stress.  Disabling
2965			device dump can help save memory but the driver debug
2966			data will be no longer available.  This parameter
2967			is only available when CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE_DEVICE_DUMP
2968			is set.
2969
2970	noaliencache	[MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien
2971			caches in the slab allocator.  Saves per-node memory,
2972			but will impact performance.
2973
2974	noalign		[KNL,ARM]
2975
2976	noaltinstr	[S390] Disables alternative instructions patching
2977			(CPU alternatives feature).
2978
2979	noapic		[SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
2980			IOAPICs that may be present in the system.
2981
2982	noautogroup	Disable scheduler automatic task group creation.
2983
2984	nobats		[PPC] Do not use BATs for mapping kernel lowmem
2985			on "Classic" PPC cores.
2986
2987	nocache		[ARM]
2988
2989	noclflush	[BUGS=X86] Don't use the CLFLUSH instruction
2990
2991	nodelayacct	[KNL] Disable per-task delay accounting
2992
2993	nodsp		[SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time.
2994
2995	noefi		Disable EFI runtime services support.
2996
2997	noexec		[IA-64]
2998
2999	noexec		[X86]
3000			On X86-32 available only on PAE configured kernels.
3001			noexec=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
3002			noexec=off: disable non-executable mappings
3003
3004	nosmap		[X86,PPC]
3005			Disable SMAP (Supervisor Mode Access Prevention)
3006			even if it is supported by processor.
3007
3008	nosmep		[X86,PPC]
3009			Disable SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention)
3010			even if it is supported by processor.
3011
3012	noexec32	[X86-64]
3013			This affects only 32-bit executables.
3014			noexec32=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
3015				read doesn't imply executable mappings
3016			noexec32=off: disable non-executable mappings
3017				read implies executable mappings
3018
3019	nofpu		[MIPS,SH] Disable hardware FPU at boot time.
3020
3021	nofxsr		[BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 floating point extended
3022			register save and restore. The kernel will only save
3023			legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
3024
3025	nohugeiomap	[KNL,x86,PPC] Disable kernel huge I/O mappings.
3026
3027	nosmt		[KNL,S390] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
3028			Equivalent to smt=1.
3029
3030			[KNL,x86] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
3031			nosmt=force: Force disable SMT, cannot be undone
3032				     via the sysfs control file.
3033
3034	nospectre_v1	[X86,PPC] Disable mitigations for Spectre Variant 1
3035			(bounds check bypass). With this option data leaks are
3036			possible in the system.
3037
3038	nospectre_v2	[X86,PPC_FSL_BOOK3E,ARM64] Disable all mitigations for
3039			the Spectre variant 2 (indirect branch prediction)
3040			vulnerability. System may allow data leaks with this
3041			option.
3042
3043	nospec_store_bypass_disable
3044			[HW] Disable all mitigations for the Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability
3045
3046	noxsave		[BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save
3047			and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to
3048			enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
3049
3050	noxsaveopt	[X86] Disables xsaveopt used in saving x86 extended
3051			register states. The kernel will fall back to use
3052			xsave to save the states. By using this parameter,
3053			performance of saving the states is degraded because
3054			xsave doesn't support modified optimization while
3055			xsaveopt supports it on xsaveopt enabled systems.
3056
3057	noxsaves	[X86] Disables xsaves and xrstors used in saving and
3058			restoring x86 extended register state in compacted
3059			form of xsave area. The kernel will fall back to use
3060			xsaveopt and xrstor to save and restore the states
3061			in standard form of xsave area. By using this
3062			parameter, xsave area per process might occupy more
3063			memory on xsaves enabled systems.
3064
3065	nohlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH] Tells the kernel that the sleep(SH) or
3066			wfi(ARM) instruction doesn't work correctly and not to
3067			use it. This is also useful when using JTAG debugger.
3068
3069	no_file_caps	Tells the kernel not to honor file capabilities.  The
3070			only way then for a file to be executed with privilege
3071			is to be setuid root or executed by root.
3072
3073	nohalt		[IA-64] Tells the kernel not to use the power saving
3074			function PAL_HALT_LIGHT when idle. This increases
3075			power-consumption. On the positive side, it reduces
3076			interrupt wake-up latency, which may improve performance
3077			in certain environments such as networked servers or
3078			real-time systems.
3079
3080	nohibernate	[HIBERNATION] Disable hibernation and resume.
3081
3082	nohz=		[KNL] Boottime enable/disable dynamic ticks
3083			Valid arguments: on, off
3084			Default: on
3085
3086	nohz_full=	[KNL,BOOT,SMP,ISOL]
3087			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
3088			In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set
3089			the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped
3090			whenever possible. The boot CPU will be forced outside
3091			the range to maintain the timekeeping.  Any CPUs
3092			in this list will have their RCU callbacks offloaded,
3093			just as if they had also been called out in the
3094			rcu_nocbs= boot parameter.
3095
3096	noiotrap	[SH] Disables trapped I/O port accesses.
3097
3098	noirqdebug	[X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
3099			disable unhandled interrupt sources.
3100
3101	no_timer_check	[X86,APIC] Disables the code which tests for
3102			broken timer IRQ sources.
3103
3104	noisapnp	[ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code.
3105
3106	noinitrd	[RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured
3107			initial RAM disk.
3108
3109	nointremap	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU] Do not enable interrupt
3110			remapping.
3111			[Deprecated - use intremap=off]
3112
3113	nointroute	[IA-64]
3114
3115	noinvpcid	[X86] Disable the INVPCID cpu feature.
3116
3117	nojitter	[IA-64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers.
3118
3119	no-kvmclock	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver
3120
3121	no-kvmapf	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized asynchronous page
3122			fault handling.
3123
3124	no-vmw-sched-clock
3125			[X86,PV_OPS] Disable paravirtualized VMware scheduler
3126			clock and use the default one.
3127
3128	no-steal-acc	[X86,KVM,ARM64] Disable paravirtualized steal time
3129			accounting. steal time is computed, but won't
3130			influence scheduler behaviour
3131
3132	nolapic		[X86-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC.
3133
3134	nolapic_timer	[X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer.
3135
3136	noltlbs		[PPC] Do not use large page/tlb entries for kernel
3137			lowmem mapping on PPC40x and PPC8xx
3138
3139	nomca		[IA-64] Disable machine check abort handling
3140
3141	nomce		[X86-32] Disable Machine Check Exception
3142
3143	nomfgpt		[X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose
3144			Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines).
3145
3146	nonmi_ipi	[X86] Disable using NMI IPIs during panic/reboot to
3147			shutdown the other cpus.  Instead use the REBOOT_VECTOR
3148			irq.
3149
3150	nomodule	Disable module load
3151
3152	nopat		[X86] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of
3153			pagetables) support.
3154
3155	nopcid		[X86-64] Disable the PCID cpu feature.
3156
3157	norandmaps	Don't use address space randomization.  Equivalent to
3158			echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
3159
3160	noreplace-smp	[X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
3161			with UP alternatives
3162
3163	nordrand	[X86] Disable kernel use of the RDRAND and
3164			RDSEED instructions even if they are supported
3165			by the processor.  RDRAND and RDSEED are still
3166			available to user space applications.
3167
3168	noresume	[SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap
3169			space.
3170
3171	no-scroll	[VGA] Disables scrollback.
3172			This is required for the Braillex ib80-piezo Braille
3173			reader made by F.H. Papenmeier (Germany).
3174
3175	nosbagart	[IA-64]
3176
3177	nosep		[BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 SYSENTER/SYSEXIT support.
3178
3179	nosmp		[SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel,
3180			and disable the IO APIC.  legacy for "maxcpus=0".
3181
3182	nosoftlockup	[KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.
3183
3184	nosync		[HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
3185
3186	nowatchdog	[KNL] Disable both lockup detectors, i.e.
3187			soft-lockup and NMI watchdog (hard-lockup).
3188
3189	nowb		[ARM]
3190
3191	nox2apic	[X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode.
3192
3193	cpu0_hotplug	[X86] Turn on CPU0 hotplug feature when
3194			CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HOTPLUG_CPU0 is off.
3195			Some features depend on CPU0. Known dependencies are:
3196			1. Resume from suspend/hibernate depends on CPU0.
3197			Suspend/hibernate will fail if CPU0 is offline and you
3198			need to online CPU0 before suspend/hibernate.
3199			2. PIC interrupts also depend on CPU0. CPU0 can't be
3200			removed if a PIC interrupt is detected.
3201			It's said poweroff/reboot may depend on CPU0 on some
3202			machines although I haven't seen such issues so far
3203			after CPU0 is offline on a few tested machines.
3204			If the dependencies are under your control, you can
3205			turn on cpu0_hotplug.
3206
3207	nps_mtm_hs_ctr=	[KNL,ARC]
3208			This parameter sets the maximum duration, in
3209			cycles, each HW thread of the CTOP can run
3210			without interruptions, before HW switches it.
3211			The actual maximum duration is 16 times this
3212			parameter's value.
3213			Format: integer between 1 and 255
3214			Default: 255
3215
3216	nptcg=		[IA-64] Override max number of concurrent global TLB
3217			purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or
3218			SAL PALO.
3219
3220	nr_cpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
3221			could support.  nr_cpus=n : n >= 1 limits the kernel to
3222			support 'n' processors. It could be larger than the
3223			number of already plugged CPU during bootup, later in
3224			runtime you can physically add extra cpu until it reaches
3225			n. So during boot up some boot time memory for per-cpu
3226			variables need be pre-allocated for later physical cpu
3227			hot plugging.
3228
3229	nr_uarts=	[SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
3230
3231	numa_balancing=	[KNL,X86] Enable or disable automatic NUMA balancing.
3232			Allowed values are enable and disable
3233
3234	numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA.
3235			'node', 'default' can be specified
3236			This can be set from sysctl after boot.
3237			See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst for details.
3238
3239	of_devlink	[OF, KNL] Create device links between consumer and
3240			supplier devices by scanning the devictree to infer the
3241			consumer/supplier relationships.  A consumer device
3242			will not be probed until all the supplier devices have
3243			probed successfully.
3244
3245	ohci1394_dma=early	[HW] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver.
3246			See Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt for more
3247			info.
3248
3249	olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands
3250			Rather than timing out after 20 ms if an EC
3251			command is not properly ACKed, override the length
3252			of the timeout.  We have interrupts disabled while
3253			waiting for the ACK, so if this is set too high
3254			interrupts *may* be lost!
3255
3256	omap_mux=	[OMAP] Override bootloader pin multiplexing.
3257			Format: <mux_mode0.mode_name=value>...
3258			For example, to override I2C bus2:
3259			omap_mux=i2c2_scl.i2c2_scl=0x100,i2c2_sda.i2c2_sda=0x100
3260
3261	oprofile.timer=	[HW]
3262			Use timer interrupt instead of performance counters
3263
3264	oprofile.cpu_type=	Force an oprofile cpu type
3265			This might be useful if you have an older oprofile
3266			userland or if you want common events.
3267			Format: { arch_perfmon }
3268			arch_perfmon: [X86] Force use of architectural
3269				perfmon on Intel CPUs instead of the
3270				CPU specific event set.
3271			timer: [X86] Force use of architectural NMI
3272				timer mode (see also oprofile.timer
3273				for generic hr timer mode)
3274
3275	oops=panic	Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the
3276			process, but there is a small probability of
3277			deadlocking the machine.
3278			This will also cause panics on machine check exceptions.
3279			Useful together with panic=30 to trigger a reboot.
3280
3281	page_alloc.shuffle=
3282			[KNL] Boolean flag to control whether the page allocator
3283			should randomize its free lists. The randomization may
3284			be automatically enabled if the kernel detects it is
3285			running on a platform with a direct-mapped memory-side
3286			cache, and this parameter can be used to
3287			override/disable that behavior. The state of the flag
3288			can be read from sysfs at:
3289			/sys/module/page_alloc/parameters/shuffle.
3290
3291	page_owner=	[KNL] Boot-time page_owner enabling option.
3292			Storage of the information about who allocated
3293			each page is disabled in default. With this switch,
3294			we can turn it on.
3295			on: enable the feature
3296
3297	page_poison=	[KNL] Boot-time parameter changing the state of
3298			poisoning on the buddy allocator, available with
3299			CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING=y.
3300			off: turn off poisoning (default)
3301			on: turn on poisoning
3302
3303	panic=		[KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout>
3304			timeout > 0: seconds before rebooting
3305			timeout = 0: wait forever
3306			timeout < 0: reboot immediately
3307			Format: <timeout>
3308
3309	panic_print=	Bitmask for printing system info when panic happens.
3310			User can chose combination of the following bits:
3311			bit 0: print all tasks info
3312			bit 1: print system memory info
3313			bit 2: print timer info
3314			bit 3: print locks info if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is on
3315			bit 4: print ftrace buffer
3316			bit 5: print all printk messages in buffer
3317
3318	panic_on_warn	panic() instead of WARN().  Useful to cause kdump
3319			on a WARN().
3320
3321	crash_kexec_post_notifiers
3322			Run kdump after running panic-notifiers and dumping
3323			kmsg. This only for the users who doubt kdump always
3324			succeeds in any situation.
3325			Note that this also increases risks of kdump failure,
3326			because some panic notifiers can make the crashed
3327			kernel more unstable.
3328
3329	parkbd.port=	[HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is
3330			connected to, default is 0.
3331			Format: <parport#>
3332	parkbd.mode=	[HW] Parallel port keyboard adapter mode of operation,
3333			0 for XT, 1 for AT (default is AT).
3334			Format: <mode>
3335
3336	parport=	[HW,PPT] Specify parallel ports. 0 disables.
3337			Format: { 0 | auto | 0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]] }
3338			Use 'auto' to force the driver to use any
3339			IRQ/DMA settings detected (the default is to
3340			ignore detected IRQ/DMA settings because of
3341			possible conflicts). You can specify the base
3342			address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and DMA
3343			should be numbers, or 'auto' (for using detected
3344			settings on that particular port), or 'nofifo'
3345			(to avoid using a FIFO even if it is detected).
3346			Parallel ports are assigned in the order they
3347			are specified on the command line, starting
3348			with parport0.
3349
3350	parport_init_mode=	[HW,PPT]
3351			Configure VIA parallel port to operate in
3352			a specific mode. This is necessary on Pegasos
3353			computer where firmware has no options for setting
3354			up parallel port mode and sets it to spp.
3355			Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips.
3356			Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp]
3357
3358	pause_on_oops=
3359			Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for
3360			the specified number of seconds.  This is to be used if
3361			your oopses keep scrolling off the screen.
3362
3363	pcbit=		[HW,ISDN]
3364
3365	pcd.		[PARIDE]
3366			See header of drivers/block/paride/pcd.c.
3367			See also Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
3368
3369	pci=option[,option...]	[PCI] various PCI subsystem options.
3370
3371				Some options herein operate on a specific device
3372				or a set of devices (<pci_dev>). These are
3373				specified in one of the following formats:
3374
3375				[<domain>:]<bus>:<dev>.<func>[/<dev>.<func>]*
3376				pci:<vendor>:<device>[:<subvendor>:<subdevice>]
3377
3378				Note: the first format specifies a PCI
3379				bus/device/function address which may change
3380				if new hardware is inserted, if motherboard
3381				firmware changes, or due to changes caused
3382				by other kernel parameters. If the
3383				domain is left unspecified, it is
3384				taken to be zero. Optionally, a path
3385				to a device through multiple device/function
3386				addresses can be specified after the base
3387				address (this is more robust against
3388				renumbering issues).  The second format
3389				selects devices using IDs from the
3390				configuration space which may match multiple
3391				devices in the system.
3392
3393		earlydump	dump PCI config space before the kernel
3394				changes anything
3395		off		[X86] don't probe for the PCI bus
3396		bios		[X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access
3397				the hardware directly. Use this if your machine
3398				has a non-standard PCI host bridge.
3399		nobios		[X86-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct
3400				hardware access methods are allowed. Use this
3401				if you experience crashes upon bootup and you
3402				suspect they are caused by the BIOS.
3403		conf1		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
3404				Mechanism 1 (config address in IO port 0xCF8,
3405				data in IO port 0xCFC, both 32-bit).
3406		conf2		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
3407				Mechanism 2 (IO port 0xCF8 is an 8-bit port for
3408				the function, IO port 0xCFA, also 8-bit, sets
3409				bus number. The config space is then accessed
3410				through ports 0xC000-0xCFFF).
3411				See http://wiki.osdev.org/PCI for more info
3412				on the configuration access mechanisms.
3413		noaer		[PCIE] If the PCIEAER kernel config parameter is
3414				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
3415				disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting.
3416		nodomains	[PCI] Disable support for multiple PCI
3417				root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak).
3418		nommconf	[X86] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
3419				Configuration
3420		check_enable_amd_mmconf [X86] check for and enable
3421				properly configured MMIO access to PCI
3422				config space on AMD family 10h CPU
3423		nomsi		[MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
3424				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
3425				disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
3426		noioapicquirk	[APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks.
3427				Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This
3428				should never be necessary.
3429		ioapicreroute	[APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the
3430				primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable
3431				boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs
3432				when the system masks IRQs.
3433		noioapicreroute	[APIC] Disable workaround that uses the
3434				boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to
3435				a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled.
3436				The opposite of ioapicreroute.
3437		biosirq		[X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
3438				routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
3439				on several machines and they hang the machine
3440				when used, but on other computers it's the only
3441				way to get the interrupt routing table. Try
3442				this option if the kernel is unable to allocate
3443				IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your
3444				motherboard.
3445		rom		[X86] Assign address space to expansion ROMs.
3446				Use with caution as certain devices share
3447				address decoders between ROMs and other
3448				resources.
3449		norom		[X86] Do not assign address space to
3450				expansion ROMs that do not already have
3451				BIOS assigned address ranges.
3452		nobar		[X86] Do not assign address space to the
3453				BARs that weren't assigned by the BIOS.
3454		irqmask=0xMMMM	[X86] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be
3455				assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can
3456				make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards
3457				this way.
3458		pirqaddr=0xAAAAA	[X86] Specify the physical address
3459				of the PIRQ table (normally generated
3460				by the BIOS) if it is outside the
3461				F0000h-100000h range.
3462		lastbus=N	[X86] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be
3463				useful if the kernel is unable to find your
3464				secondary buses and you want to tell it
3465				explicitly which ones they are.
3466		assign-busses	[X86] Always assign all PCI bus
3467				numbers ourselves, overriding
3468				whatever the firmware may have done.
3469		usepirqmask	[X86] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored
3470				in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on
3471				some systems with broken BIOSes, notably
3472				some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3
3473				notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI
3474				IRQ routing is enabled.
3475		noacpi		[X86] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
3476				or for PCI scanning.
3477		use_crs		[X86] Use PCI host bridge window information
3478				from ACPI.  On BIOSes from 2008 or later, this
3479				is enabled by default.  If you need to use this,
3480				please report a bug.
3481		nocrs		[X86] Ignore PCI host bridge windows from ACPI.
3482				If you need to use this, please report a bug.
3483		routeirq	Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices.
3484				This is normally done in pci_enable_device(),
3485				so this option is a temporary workaround
3486				for broken drivers that don't call it.
3487		skip_isa_align	[X86] do not align io start addr, so can
3488				handle more pci cards
3489		noearly		[X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning.
3490				This might help on some broken boards which
3491				machine check when some devices' config space
3492				is read. But various workarounds are disabled
3493				and some IOMMU drivers will not work.
3494		bfsort		Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
3495				This sorting is done to get a device
3496				order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels.
3497		nobfsort	Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
3498		pcie_bus_tune_off	Disable PCIe MPS (Max Payload Size)
3499				tuning and use the BIOS-configured MPS defaults.
3500		pcie_bus_safe	Set every device's MPS to the largest value
3501				supported by all devices below the root complex.
3502		pcie_bus_perf	Set device MPS to the largest allowable MPS
3503				based on its parent bus. Also set MRRS (Max
3504				Read Request Size) to the largest supported
3505				value (no larger than the MPS that the device
3506				or bus can support) for best performance.
3507		pcie_bus_peer2peer	Set every device's MPS to 128B, which
3508				every device is guaranteed to support. This
3509				configuration allows peer-to-peer DMA between
3510				any pair of devices, possibly at the cost of
3511				reduced performance.  This also guarantees
3512				that hot-added devices will work.
3513		cbiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3514				reserved for the CardBus bridge's IO window.
3515				The default value is 256 bytes.
3516		cbmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3517				reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory
3518				window. The default value is 64 megabytes.
3519		resource_alignment=
3520				Format:
3521				[<order of align>@]<pci_dev>[; ...]
3522				Specifies alignment and device to reassign
3523				aligned memory resources. How to
3524				specify the device is described above.
3525				If <order of align> is not specified,
3526				PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment.
3527				A PCI-PCI bridge can be specified if resource
3528				windows need to be expanded.
3529				To specify the alignment for several
3530				instances of a device, the PCI vendor,
3531				device, subvendor, and subdevice may be
3532				specified, e.g., 12@pci:8086:9c22:103c:198f
3533				for 4096-byte alignment.
3534		ecrc=		Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer
3535				end-to-end CRC checking).
3536				bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the
3537				the default.
3538				off: Turn ECRC off
3539				on: Turn ECRC on.
3540		hpiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3541				reserved for hotplug bridge's IO window.
3542				Default size is 256 bytes.
3543		hpmmiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3544				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO window.
3545				Default size is 2 megabytes.
3546		hpmmioprefsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3547				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO_PREF window.
3548				Default size is 2 megabytes.
3549		hpmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3550				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO and
3551				MMIO_PREF window.
3552				Default size is 2 megabytes.
3553		hpbussize=nn	The minimum amount of additional bus numbers
3554				reserved for buses below a hotplug bridge.
3555				Default is 1.
3556		realloc=	Enable/disable reallocating PCI bridge resources
3557				if allocations done by BIOS are too small to
3558				accommodate resources required by all child
3559				devices.
3560				off: Turn realloc off
3561				on: Turn realloc on
3562		realloc		same as realloc=on
3563		noari		do not use PCIe ARI.
3564		noats		[PCIE, Intel-IOMMU, AMD-IOMMU]
3565				do not use PCIe ATS (and IOMMU device IOTLB).
3566		pcie_scan_all	Scan all possible PCIe devices.  Otherwise we
3567				only look for one device below a PCIe downstream
3568				port.
3569		big_root_window	Try to add a big 64bit memory window to the PCIe
3570				root complex on AMD CPUs. Some GFX hardware
3571				can resize a BAR to allow access to all VRAM.
3572				Adding the window is slightly risky (it may
3573				conflict with unreported devices), so this
3574				taints the kernel.
3575		disable_acs_redir=<pci_dev>[; ...]
3576				Specify one or more PCI devices (in the format
3577				specified above) separated by semicolons.
3578				Each device specified will have the PCI ACS
3579				redirect capabilities forced off which will
3580				allow P2P traffic between devices through
3581				bridges without forcing it upstream. Note:
3582				this removes isolation between devices and
3583				may put more devices in an IOMMU group.
3584		force_floating	[S390] Force usage of floating interrupts.
3585		nomio		[S390] Do not use MIO instructions.
3586
3587	pcie_aspm=	[PCIE] Forcibly enable or disable PCIe Active State Power
3588			Management.
3589		off	Disable ASPM.
3590		force	Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it.
3591			WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups.
3592
3593	pcie_ports=	[PCIE] PCIe port services handling:
3594		native	Use native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe hotplug)
3595			even if the platform doesn't give the OS permission to
3596			use them.  This may cause conflicts if the platform
3597			also tries to use these services.
3598		dpc-native	Use native PCIe service for DPC only.  May
3599				cause conflicts if firmware uses AER or DPC.
3600		compat	Disable native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe
3601			hotplug).
3602
3603	pcie_port_pm=	[PCIE] PCIe port power management handling:
3604		off	Disable power management of all PCIe ports
3605		force	Forcibly enable power management of all PCIe ports
3606
3607	pcie_pme=	[PCIE,PM] Native PCIe PME signaling options:
3608		nomsi	Do not use MSI for native PCIe PME signaling (this makes
3609			all PCIe root ports use INTx for all services).
3610
3611	pcmv=		[HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
3612
3613	pd_ignore_unused
3614			[PM]
3615			Keep all power-domains already enabled by bootloader on,
3616			even if no driver has claimed them. This is useful
3617			for debug and development, but should not be
3618			needed on a platform with proper driver support.
3619
3620	pd.		[PARIDE]
3621			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
3622
3623	pdcchassis=	[PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at
3624			boot time.
3625			Format: { 0 | 1 }
3626			See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c
3627
3628	percpu_alloc=	Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use.
3629			Currently supported values are "embed" and "page".
3630			Archs may support subset or none of the	selections.
3631			See comments in mm/percpu.c for details on each
3632			allocator.  This parameter is primarily	for debugging
3633			and performance comparison.
3634
3635	pf.		[PARIDE]
3636			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
3637
3638	pg.		[PARIDE]
3639			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
3640
3641	pirq=		[SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
3642			See Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.rst.
3643
3644	plip=		[PPT,NET] Parallel port network link
3645			Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
3646			See also Documentation/admin-guide/parport.rst.
3647
3648	pmtmr=		[X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port.
3649			Override pmtimer IOPort with a hex value.
3650			e.g. pmtmr=0x508
3651
3652	pnp.debug=1	[PNP]
3653			Enable PNP debug messages (depends on the
3654			CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES option).  Change at run-time
3655			via /sys/module/pnp/parameters/debug.  We always show
3656			current resource usage; turning this on also shows
3657			possible settings and some assignment information.
3658
3659	pnpacpi=	[ACPI]
3660			{ off }
3661
3662	pnpbios=	[ISAPNP]
3663			{ on | off | curr | res | no-curr | no-res }
3664
3665	pnp_reserve_irq=
3666			[ISAPNP] Exclude IRQs for the autoconfiguration
3667
3668	pnp_reserve_dma=
3669			[ISAPNP] Exclude DMAs for the autoconfiguration
3670
3671	pnp_reserve_io=	[ISAPNP] Exclude I/O ports for the autoconfiguration
3672			Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size).
3673
3674	pnp_reserve_mem=
3675			[ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the
3676			autoconfiguration.
3677			Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
3678
3679	ports=		[IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module
3680			Default is 21.
3681			Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports
3682			may be specified.
3683			Format: <port>,<port>....
3684
3685	powersave=off	[PPC] This option disables power saving features.
3686			It specifically disables cpuidle and sets the
3687			platform machine description specific power_save
3688			function to NULL. On Idle the CPU just reduces
3689			execution priority.
3690
3691	ppc_strict_facility_enable
3692			[PPC] This option catches any kernel floating point,
3693			Altivec, VSX and SPE outside of regions specifically
3694			allowed (eg kernel_enable_fpu()/kernel_disable_fpu()).
3695			There is some performance impact when enabling this.
3696
3697	ppc_tm=		[PPC]
3698			Format: {"off"}
3699			Disable Hardware Transactional Memory
3700
3701	print-fatal-signals=
3702			[KNL] debug: print fatal signals
3703
3704			If enabled, warn about various signal handling
3705			related application anomalies: too many signals,
3706			too many POSIX.1 timers, fatal signals causing a
3707			coredump - etc.
3708
3709			If you hit the warning due to signal overflow,
3710			you might want to try "ulimit -i unlimited".
3711
3712			default: off.
3713
3714	printk.always_kmsg_dump=
3715			Trigger kmsg_dump for cases other than kernel oops or
3716			panics
3717			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
3718			default: disabled
3719
3720	printk.devkmsg={on,off,ratelimit}
3721			Control writing to /dev/kmsg.
3722			on - unlimited logging to /dev/kmsg from userspace
3723			off - logging to /dev/kmsg disabled
3724			ratelimit - ratelimit the logging
3725			Default: ratelimit
3726
3727	printk.time=	Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
3728			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
3729
3730	processor.max_cstate=	[HW,ACPI]
3731			Limit processor to maximum C-state
3732			max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit.
3733
3734	processor.nocst	[HW,ACPI]
3735			Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states,
3736			instead using the legacy FADT method
3737
3738	profile=	[KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
3739			Format: [<profiletype>,]<number>
3740			Param: <profiletype>: "schedule", "sleep", or "kvm"
3741				[defaults to kernel profiling]
3742			Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
3743			Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs).
3744				Requires CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
3745			Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits.
3746			Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
3747				statistical time based profiling.
3748
3749	prompt_ramdisk=	[RAM] List of RAM disks to prompt for floppy disk
3750			before loading.
3751			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst.
3752
3753	psi=		[KNL] Enable or disable pressure stall information
3754			tracking.
3755			Format: <bool>
3756
3757	psmouse.proto=	[HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
3758			probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any).
3759	psmouse.rate=	[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports
3760			per second.
3761	psmouse.resetafter=	[HW,MOUSE]
3762			Try to reset the device after so many bad packets
3763			(0 = never).
3764	psmouse.resolution=
3765			[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse resolution, in dpi.
3766	psmouse.smartscroll=
3767			[HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat.
3768			0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default).
3769
3770	pstore.backend=	Specify the name of the pstore backend to use
3771
3772	pt.		[PARIDE]
3773			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
3774
3775	pti=		[X86_64] Control Page Table Isolation of user and
3776			kernel address spaces.  Disabling this feature
3777			removes hardening, but improves performance of
3778			system calls and interrupts.
3779
3780			on   - unconditionally enable
3781			off  - unconditionally disable
3782			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
3783			       vulnerable to issues that PTI mitigates
3784
3785			Not specifying this option is equivalent to pti=auto.
3786
3787	nopti		[X86_64]
3788			Equivalent to pti=off
3789
3790	pty.legacy_count=
3791			[KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in
3792			default number.
3793
3794	quiet		[KNL] Disable most log messages
3795
3796	r128=		[HW,DRM]
3797
3798	raid=		[HW,RAID]
3799			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
3800
3801	ramdisk_size=	[RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
3802			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst.
3803
3804	random.trust_cpu={on,off}
3805			[KNL] Enable or disable trusting the use of the
3806			CPU's random number generator (if available) to
3807			fully seed the kernel's CRNG. Default is controlled
3808			by CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_CPU.
3809
3810	ras=option[,option,...]	[KNL] RAS-specific options
3811
3812		cec_disable	[X86]
3813				Disable the Correctable Errors Collector,
3814				see CONFIG_RAS_CEC help text.
3815
3816	rcu_nocbs=	[KNL]
3817			The argument is a cpu list, as described above,
3818			except that the string "all" can be used to
3819			specify every CPU on the system.
3820
3821			In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y, set
3822			the specified list of CPUs to be no-callback CPUs.
3823			Invocation of these CPUs' RCU callbacks will be
3824			offloaded to "rcuox/N" kthreads created for that
3825			purpose, where "x" is "p" for RCU-preempt, and
3826			"s" for RCU-sched, and "N" is the CPU number.
3827			This reduces OS jitter on the offloaded CPUs,
3828			which can be useful for HPC and real-time
3829			workloads.  It can also improve energy efficiency
3830			for asymmetric multiprocessors.
3831
3832	rcu_nocb_poll	[KNL]
3833			Rather than requiring that offloaded CPUs
3834			(specified by rcu_nocbs= above) explicitly
3835			awaken the corresponding "rcuoN" kthreads,
3836			make these kthreads poll for callbacks.
3837			This improves the real-time response for the
3838			offloaded CPUs by relieving them of the need to
3839			wake up the corresponding kthread, but degrades
3840			energy efficiency by requiring that the kthreads
3841			periodically wake up to do the polling.
3842
3843	rcutree.blimit=	[KNL]
3844			Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to
3845			process in one batch.
3846
3847	rcutree.dump_tree=	[KNL]
3848			Dump the structure of the rcu_node combining tree
3849			out at early boot.  This is used for diagnostic
3850			purposes, to verify correct tree setup.
3851
3852	rcutree.gp_cleanup_delay=	[KNL]
3853			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
3854			RCU grace-period cleanup.
3855
3856	rcutree.gp_init_delay=	[KNL]
3857			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
3858			RCU grace-period initialization.
3859
3860	rcutree.gp_preinit_delay=	[KNL]
3861			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
3862			RCU grace-period pre-initialization, that is,
3863			the propagation of recent CPU-hotplug changes up
3864			the rcu_node combining tree.
3865
3866	rcutree.use_softirq=	[KNL]
3867			If set to zero, move all RCU_SOFTIRQ processing to
3868			per-CPU rcuc kthreads.  Defaults to a non-zero
3869			value, meaning that RCU_SOFTIRQ is used by default.
3870			Specify rcutree.use_softirq=0 to use rcuc kthreads.
3871
3872	rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact= [KNL]
3873			Disable autobalancing of the rcu_node combining
3874			tree.  This is used by rcutorture, and might
3875			possibly be useful for architectures having high
3876			cache-to-cache transfer latencies.
3877
3878	rcutree.rcu_fanout_leaf= [KNL]
3879			Change the number of CPUs assigned to each
3880			leaf rcu_node structure.  Useful for very
3881			large systems, which will choose the value 64,
3882			and for NUMA systems with large remote-access
3883			latencies, which will choose a value aligned
3884			with the appropriate hardware boundaries.
3885
3886	rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs= [KNL]
3887			Set delay from grace-period initialization to
3888			first attempt to force quiescent states.
3889			Units are jiffies, minimum value is zero,
3890			and maximum value is HZ.
3891
3892	rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs= [KNL]
3893			Set delay between subsequent attempts to force
3894			quiescent states.  Units are jiffies, minimum
3895			value is one, and maximum value is HZ.
3896
3897	rcutree.jiffies_till_sched_qs= [KNL]
3898			Set required age in jiffies for a
3899			given grace period before RCU starts
3900			soliciting quiescent-state help from
3901			rcu_note_context_switch() and cond_resched().
3902			If not specified, the kernel will calculate
3903			a value based on the most recent settings
3904			of rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs
3905			and rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs.
3906			This calculated value may be viewed in
3907			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs.  Any attempt to set
3908			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs will be cheerfully
3909			overwritten.
3910
3911	rcutree.kthread_prio= 	 [KNL,BOOT]
3912			Set the SCHED_FIFO priority of the RCU per-CPU
3913			kthreads (rcuc/N). This value is also used for
3914			the priority of the RCU boost threads (rcub/N)
3915			and for the RCU grace-period kthreads (rcu_bh,
3916			rcu_preempt, and rcu_sched). If RCU_BOOST is
3917			set, valid values are 1-99 and the default is 1
3918			(the least-favored priority).  Otherwise, when
3919			RCU_BOOST is not set, valid values are 0-99 and
3920			the default is zero (non-realtime operation).
3921
3922	rcutree.rcu_nocb_gp_stride= [KNL]
3923			Set the number of NOCB callback kthreads in
3924			each group, which defaults to the square root
3925			of the number of CPUs.	Larger numbers reduce
3926			the wakeup overhead on the global grace-period
3927			kthread, but increases that same overhead on
3928			each group's NOCB grace-period kthread.
3929
3930	rcutree.qhimark= [KNL]
3931			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
3932			batch limiting is disabled.
3933
3934	rcutree.qlowmark= [KNL]
3935			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which
3936			batch limiting is re-enabled.
3937
3938	rcutree.rcu_idle_gp_delay= [KNL]
3939			Set wakeup interval for idle CPUs that have
3940			RCU callbacks (RCU_FAST_NO_HZ=y).
3941
3942	rcutree.rcu_idle_lazy_gp_delay= [KNL]
3943			Set wakeup interval for idle CPUs that have
3944			only "lazy" RCU callbacks (RCU_FAST_NO_HZ=y).
3945			Lazy RCU callbacks are those which RCU can
3946			prove do nothing more than free memory.
3947
3948	rcutree.rcu_kick_kthreads= [KNL]
3949			Cause the grace-period kthread to get an extra
3950			wake_up() if it sleeps three times longer than
3951			it should at force-quiescent-state time.
3952			This wake_up() will be accompanied by a
3953			WARN_ONCE() splat and an ftrace_dump().
3954
3955	rcutree.sysrq_rcu= [KNL]
3956			Commandeer a sysrq key to dump out Tree RCU's
3957			rcu_node tree with an eye towards determining
3958			why a new grace period has not yet started.
3959
3960	rcuperf.gp_async= [KNL]
3961			Measure performance of asynchronous
3962			grace-period primitives such as call_rcu().
3963
3964	rcuperf.gp_async_max= [KNL]
3965			Specify the maximum number of outstanding
3966			callbacks per writer thread.  When a writer
3967			thread exceeds this limit, it invokes the
3968			corresponding flavor of rcu_barrier() to allow
3969			previously posted callbacks to drain.
3970
3971	rcuperf.gp_exp= [KNL]
3972			Measure performance of expedited synchronous
3973			grace-period primitives.
3974
3975	rcuperf.holdoff= [KNL]
3976			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
3977			this parameter is to delay the start of the
3978			test until boot completes in order to avoid
3979			interference.
3980
3981	rcuperf.nreaders= [KNL]
3982			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
3983			N, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
3984			"n" less than -1 selects N-n+1, where N is again
3985			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
3986			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
3987			A value of "n" less than or equal to -N selects
3988			a single reader.
3989
3990	rcuperf.nwriters= [KNL]
3991			Set number of RCU writers.  The values operate
3992			the same as for rcuperf.nreaders.
3993			N, where N is the number of CPUs
3994
3995	rcuperf.perf_type= [KNL]
3996			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
3997
3998	rcuperf.shutdown= [KNL]
3999			Shut the system down after performance tests
4000			complete.  This is useful for hands-off automated
4001			testing.
4002
4003	rcuperf.verbose= [KNL]
4004			Enable additional printk() statements.
4005
4006	rcuperf.writer_holdoff= [KNL]
4007			Write-side holdoff between grace periods,
4008			in microseconds.  The default of zero says
4009			no holdoff.
4010
4011	rcutorture.fqs_duration= [KNL]
4012			Set duration of force_quiescent_state bursts
4013			in microseconds.
4014
4015	rcutorture.fqs_holdoff= [KNL]
4016			Set holdoff time within force_quiescent_state bursts
4017			in microseconds.
4018
4019	rcutorture.fqs_stutter= [KNL]
4020			Set wait time between force_quiescent_state bursts
4021			in seconds.
4022
4023	rcutorture.fwd_progress= [KNL]
4024			Enable RCU grace-period forward-progress testing
4025			for the types of RCU supporting this notion.
4026
4027	rcutorture.fwd_progress_div= [KNL]
4028			Specify the fraction of a CPU-stall-warning
4029			period to do tight-loop forward-progress testing.
4030
4031	rcutorture.fwd_progress_holdoff= [KNL]
4032			Number of seconds to wait between successive
4033			forward-progress tests.
4034
4035	rcutorture.fwd_progress_need_resched= [KNL]
4036			Enclose cond_resched() calls within checks for
4037			need_resched() during tight-loop forward-progress
4038			testing.
4039
4040	rcutorture.gp_cond= [KNL]
4041			Use conditional/asynchronous update-side
4042			primitives, if available.
4043
4044	rcutorture.gp_exp= [KNL]
4045			Use expedited update-side primitives, if available.
4046
4047	rcutorture.gp_normal= [KNL]
4048			Use normal (non-expedited) asynchronous
4049			update-side primitives, if available.
4050
4051	rcutorture.gp_sync= [KNL]
4052			Use normal (non-expedited) synchronous
4053			update-side primitives, if available.  If all
4054			of rcutorture.gp_cond=, rcutorture.gp_exp=,
4055			rcutorture.gp_normal=, and rcutorture.gp_sync=
4056			are zero, rcutorture acts as if is interpreted
4057			they are all non-zero.
4058
4059	rcutorture.n_barrier_cbs= [KNL]
4060			Set callbacks/threads for rcu_barrier() testing.
4061
4062	rcutorture.nfakewriters= [KNL]
4063			Set number of concurrent RCU writers.  These just
4064			stress RCU, they don't participate in the actual
4065			test, hence the "fake".
4066
4067	rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL]
4068			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
4069			N-1, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
4070			"n" less than -1 selects N-n-2, where N is again
4071			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
4072			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
4073
4074	rcutorture.object_debug= [KNL]
4075			Enable debug-object double-call_rcu() testing.
4076
4077	rcutorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
4078			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
4079
4080	rcutorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
4081			Set time (jiffies) between CPU-hotplug operations,
4082			or zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
4083
4084	rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
4085			Set task-shuffle interval (s).  Shuffling tasks
4086			allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle mode
4087			during the rcutorture test.
4088
4089	rcutorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
4090			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
4091			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
4092
4093	rcutorture.stall_cpu= [KNL]
4094			Duration of CPU stall (s) to test RCU CPU stall
4095			warnings, zero to disable.
4096
4097	rcutorture.stall_cpu_holdoff= [KNL]
4098			Time to wait (s) after boot before inducing stall.
4099
4100	rcutorture.stall_cpu_irqsoff= [KNL]
4101			Disable interrupts while stalling if set.
4102
4103	rcutorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
4104			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
4105
4106	rcutorture.stutter= [KNL]
4107			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example, specifying
4108			five seconds causes the test to run for five seconds,
4109			wait for five seconds, and so on.  This tests RCU's
4110			ability to transition abruptly to and from idle.
4111
4112	rcutorture.test_boost= [KNL]
4113			Test RCU priority boosting?  0=no, 1=maybe, 2=yes.
4114			"Maybe" means test if the RCU implementation
4115			under test support RCU priority boosting.
4116
4117	rcutorture.test_boost_duration= [KNL]
4118			Duration (s) of each individual boost test.
4119
4120	rcutorture.test_boost_interval= [KNL]
4121			Interval (s) between each boost test.
4122
4123	rcutorture.test_no_idle_hz= [KNL]
4124			Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling.  See also the
4125			rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter.
4126
4127	rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL]
4128			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
4129
4130	rcutorture.verbose= [KNL]
4131			Enable additional printk() statements.
4132
4133	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump= [KNL]
4134			Dump ftrace buffer after reporting RCU CPU
4135			stall warning.
4136
4137	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress= [KNL]
4138			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages.
4139
4140	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
4141			Set timeout for RCU CPU stall warning messages.
4142
4143	rcupdate.rcu_expedited= [KNL]
4144			Use expedited grace-period primitives, for
4145			example, synchronize_rcu_expedited() instead
4146			of synchronize_rcu().  This reduces latency,
4147			but can increase CPU utilization, degrade
4148			real-time latency, and degrade energy efficiency.
4149			No effect on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
4150
4151	rcupdate.rcu_normal= [KNL]
4152			Use only normal grace-period primitives,
4153			for example, synchronize_rcu() instead of
4154			synchronize_rcu_expedited().  This improves
4155			real-time latency, CPU utilization, and
4156			energy efficiency, but can expose users to
4157			increased grace-period latency.  This parameter
4158			overrides rcupdate.rcu_expedited.  No effect on
4159			CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
4160
4161	rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot= [KNL]
4162			Once boot has completed (that is, after
4163			rcu_end_inkernel_boot() has been invoked), use
4164			only normal grace-period primitives.  No effect
4165			on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
4166
4167	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout= [KNL]
4168			Set timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall warning
4169			messages.  Disable with a value less than or equal
4170			to zero.
4171
4172	rcupdate.rcu_self_test= [KNL]
4173			Run the RCU early boot self tests
4174
4175	rdinit=		[KNL]
4176			Format: <full_path>
4177			Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
4178			used for early userspace startup. See initrd.
4179
4180	rdrand=		[X86]
4181			force - Override the decision by the kernel to hide the
4182				advertisement of RDRAND support (this affects
4183				certain AMD processors because of buggy BIOS
4184				support, specifically around the suspend/resume
4185				path).
4186
4187	rdt=		[HW,X86,RDT]
4188			Turn on/off individual RDT features. List is:
4189			cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, l2cdp,
4190			mba.
4191			E.g. to turn on cmt and turn off mba use:
4192				rdt=cmt,!mba
4193
4194	reboot=		[KNL]
4195			Format (x86 or x86_64):
4196				[w[arm] | c[old] | h[ard] | s[oft] | g[pio]] \
4197				[[,]s[mp]#### \
4198				[[,]b[ios] | a[cpi] | k[bd] | t[riple] | e[fi] | p[ci]] \
4199				[[,]f[orce]
4200			Where reboot_mode is one of warm (soft) or cold (hard) or gpio
4201					(prefix with 'panic_' to set mode for panic
4202					reboot only),
4203			      reboot_type is one of bios, acpi, kbd, triple, efi, or pci,
4204			      reboot_force is either force or not specified,
4205			      reboot_cpu is s[mp]#### with #### being the processor
4206					to be used for rebooting.
4207
4208	relax_domain_level=
4209			[KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
4210			See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst.
4211
4212	reserve=	[KNL,BUGS] Force kernel to ignore I/O ports or memory
4213			Format: <base1>,<size1>[,<base2>,<size2>,...]
4214			Reserve I/O ports or memory so the kernel won't use
4215			them.  If <base> is less than 0x10000, the region
4216			is assumed to be I/O ports; otherwise it is memory.
4217
4218	reservetop=	[X86-32]
4219			Format: nn[KMG]
4220			Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
4221			address space.
4222
4223	reservelow=	[X86]
4224			Format: nn[K]
4225			Set the amount of memory to reserve for BIOS at
4226			the bottom of the address space.
4227
4228	reset_devices	[KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
4229			during initialization.
4230
4231	resume=		[SWSUSP]
4232			Specify the partition device for software suspend
4233			Format:
4234			{/dev/<dev> | PARTUUID=<uuid> | <int>:<int> | <hex>}
4235
4236	resume_offset=	[SWSUSP]
4237			Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition
4238			given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located,
4239			in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files).
4240			See  Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.rst
4241
4242	resumedelay=	[HIBERNATION] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
4243			read the resume files
4244
4245	resumewait	[HIBERNATION] Wait (indefinitely) for resume device to show up.
4246			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
4247			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
4248
4249	hibernate=	[HIBERNATION]
4250		noresume	Don't check if there's a hibernation image
4251				present during boot.
4252		nocompress	Don't compress/decompress hibernation images.
4253		no		Disable hibernation and resume.
4254		protect_image	Turn on image protection during restoration
4255				(that will set all pages holding image data
4256				during restoration read-only).
4257
4258	retain_initrd	[RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction
4259
4260	rfkill.default_state=
4261		0	"airplane mode".  All wifi, bluetooth, wimax, gps, fm,
4262			etc. communication is blocked by default.
4263		1	Unblocked.
4264
4265	rfkill.master_switch_mode=
4266		0	The "airplane mode" button does nothing.
4267		1	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
4268			blocked and the previous configuration.
4269		2	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
4270			blocked and everything unblocked.
4271
4272	rhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
4273			Set number of hash buckets for route cache
4274
4275	ring3mwait=disable
4276			[KNL] Disable ring 3 MONITOR/MWAIT feature on supported
4277			CPUs.
4278
4279	ro		[KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot
4280
4281	rodata=		[KNL]
4282		on	Mark read-only kernel memory as read-only (default).
4283		off	Leave read-only kernel memory writable for debugging.
4284
4285	rockchip.usb_uart
4286			Enable the uart passthrough on the designated usb port
4287			on Rockchip SoCs. When active, the signals of the
4288			debug-uart get routed to the D+ and D- pins of the usb
4289			port and the regular usb controller gets disabled.
4290
4291	root=		[KNL] Root filesystem
4292			See name_to_dev_t comment in init/do_mounts.c.
4293
4294	rootdelay=	[KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
4295			mount the root filesystem
4296
4297	rootflags=	[KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string
4298
4299	rootfstype=	[KNL] Set root filesystem type
4300
4301	rootwait	[KNL] Wait (indefinitely) for root device to show up.
4302			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
4303			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
4304
4305	rproc_mem=nn[KMG][@address]
4306			[KNL,ARM,CMA] Remoteproc physical memory block.
4307			Memory area to be used by remote processor image,
4308			managed by CMA.
4309
4310	rw		[KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot
4311
4312	S		[KNL] Run init in single mode
4313
4314	s390_iommu=	[HW,S390]
4315			Set s390 IOTLB flushing mode
4316		strict
4317			With strict flushing every unmap operation will result in
4318			an IOTLB flush. Default is lazy flushing before reuse,
4319			which is faster.
4320
4321	sa1100ir	[NET]
4322			See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c.
4323
4324	sbni=		[NET] Granch SBNI12 leased line adapter
4325
4326	sched_debug	[KNL] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages.
4327
4328	schedstats=	[KNL,X86] Enable or disable scheduled statistics.
4329			Allowed values are enable and disable. This feature
4330			incurs a small amount of overhead in the scheduler
4331			but is useful for debugging and performance tuning.
4332
4333	skew_tick=	[KNL] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate
4334			xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock
4335			contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set.
4336			Format: { "0" | "1" }
4337			0 -- disable. (may be 1 via CONFIG_CMDLINE="skew_tick=1"
4338			1 -- enable.
4339			Note: increases power consumption, thus should only be
4340			enabled if running jitter sensitive (HPC/RT) workloads.
4341
4342	security=	[SECURITY] Choose a legacy "major" security module to
4343			enable at boot. This has been deprecated by the
4344			"lsm=" parameter.
4345
4346	selinux=	[SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
4347			Format: { "0" | "1" }
4348			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
4349			0 -- disable.
4350			1 -- enable.
4351			Default value is set via kernel config option.
4352			If enabled at boot time, /selinux/disable can be used
4353			later to disable prior to initial policy load.
4354
4355	apparmor=	[APPARMOR] Disable or enable AppArmor at boot time
4356			Format: { "0" | "1" }
4357			See security/apparmor/Kconfig help text
4358			0 -- disable.
4359			1 -- enable.
4360			Default value is set via kernel config option.
4361
4362	serialnumber	[BUGS=X86-32]
4363
4364	shapers=	[NET]
4365			Maximal number of shapers.
4366
4367	simeth=		[IA-64]
4368	simscsi=
4369
4370	slram=		[HW,MTD]
4371
4372	slab_nomerge	[MM]
4373			Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be
4374			necessary if there is some reason to distinguish
4375			allocs to different slabs, especially in hardened
4376			environments where the risk of heap overflows and
4377			layout control by attackers can usually be
4378			frustrated by disabling merging. This will reduce
4379			most of the exposure of a heap attack to a single
4380			cache (risks via metadata attacks are mostly
4381			unchanged). Debug options disable merging on their
4382			own.
4383			For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
4384
4385	slab_max_order=	[MM, SLAB]
4386			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
4387			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
4388			fragmentation.  Defaults to 1 for systems with
4389			more than 32MB of RAM, 0 otherwise.
4390
4391	slub_debug[=options[,slabs]]	[MM, SLUB]
4392			Enabling slub_debug allows one to determine the
4393			culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling
4394			slub_debug can create guard zones around objects and
4395			may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the
4396			last alloc / free. For more information see
4397			Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
4398
4399	slub_memcg_sysfs=	[MM, SLUB]
4400			Determines whether to enable sysfs directories for
4401			memory cgroup sub-caches. 1 to enable, 0 to disable.
4402			The default is determined by CONFIG_SLUB_MEMCG_SYSFS_ON.
4403			Enabling this can lead to a very high number of	debug
4404			directories and files being created under
4405			/sys/kernel/slub.
4406
4407	slub_max_order= [MM, SLUB]
4408			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
4409			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
4410			fragmentation. For more information see
4411			Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
4412
4413	slub_min_objects=	[MM, SLUB]
4414			The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will
4415			increase the slab order up to slub_max_order to
4416			generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain
4417			the number of objects indicated. The higher the number
4418			of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs
4419			and the less frequently locks need to be acquired.
4420			For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
4421
4422	slub_min_order=	[MM, SLUB]
4423			Determines the minimum page order for slabs. Must be
4424			lower than slub_max_order.
4425			For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
4426
4427	slub_nomerge	[MM, SLUB]
4428			Same with slab_nomerge. This is supported for legacy.
4429			See slab_nomerge for more information.
4430
4431	smart2=		[HW]
4432			Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]]
4433
4434	smsc-ircc2.nopnp	[HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices
4435	smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg=	[HW] Device configuration I/O port
4436	smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir=	[HW] SIR base I/O port
4437	smsc-ircc2.ircc_fir=	[HW] FIR base I/O port
4438	smsc-ircc2.ircc_irq=	[HW] IRQ line
4439	smsc-ircc2.ircc_dma=	[HW] DMA channel
4440	smsc-ircc2.ircc_transceiver= [HW] Transceiver type:
4441				0: Toshiba Satellite 1800 (GP data pin select)
4442				1: Fast pin select (default)
4443				2: ATC IRMode
4444
4445	smt		[KNL,S390] Set the maximum number of threads (logical
4446			CPUs) to use per physical CPU on systems capable of
4447			symmetric multithreading (SMT). Will be capped to the
4448			actual hardware limit.
4449			Format: <integer>
4450			Default: -1 (no limit)
4451
4452	softlockup_panic=
4453			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics.
4454			Format: <integer>
4455
4456			A nonzero value instructs the soft-lockup detector
4457			to panic the machine when a soft-lockup occurs. This
4458			is also controlled by CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC
4459			which is the respective build-time switch to that
4460			functionality.
4461
4462	softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
4463			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate
4464			backtraces on all cpus.
4465			Format: <integer>
4466
4467	sonypi.*=	[HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
4468			See Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/sonypi.rst
4469
4470	spectre_v2=	[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
4471			(indirect branch speculation) vulnerability.
4472			The default operation protects the kernel from
4473			user space attacks.
4474
4475			on   - unconditionally enable, implies
4476			       spectre_v2_user=on
4477			off  - unconditionally disable, implies
4478			       spectre_v2_user=off
4479			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
4480			       vulnerable
4481
4482			Selecting 'on' will, and 'auto' may, choose a
4483			mitigation method at run time according to the
4484			CPU, the available microcode, the setting of the
4485			CONFIG_RETPOLINE configuration option, and the
4486			compiler with which the kernel was built.
4487
4488			Selecting 'on' will also enable the mitigation
4489			against user space to user space task attacks.
4490
4491			Selecting 'off' will disable both the kernel and
4492			the user space protections.
4493
4494			Specific mitigations can also be selected manually:
4495
4496			retpoline	  - replace indirect branches
4497			retpoline,generic - google's original retpoline
4498			retpoline,amd     - AMD-specific minimal thunk
4499
4500			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
4501			spectre_v2=auto.
4502
4503	spectre_v2_user=
4504			[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
4505		        (indirect branch speculation) vulnerability between
4506		        user space tasks
4507
4508			on	- Unconditionally enable mitigations. Is
4509				  enforced by spectre_v2=on
4510
4511			off     - Unconditionally disable mitigations. Is
4512				  enforced by spectre_v2=off
4513
4514			prctl   - Indirect branch speculation is enabled,
4515				  but mitigation can be enabled via prctl
4516				  per thread.  The mitigation control state
4517				  is inherited on fork.
4518
4519			prctl,ibpb
4520				- Like "prctl" above, but only STIBP is
4521				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
4522				  always when switching between different user
4523				  space processes.
4524
4525			seccomp
4526				- Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp
4527				  threads will enable the mitigation unless
4528				  they explicitly opt out.
4529
4530			seccomp,ibpb
4531				- Like "seccomp" above, but only STIBP is
4532				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
4533				  always when switching between different
4534				  user space processes.
4535
4536			auto    - Kernel selects the mitigation depending on
4537				  the available CPU features and vulnerability.
4538
4539			Default mitigation:
4540			If CONFIG_SECCOMP=y then "seccomp", otherwise "prctl"
4541
4542			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
4543			spectre_v2_user=auto.
4544
4545	spec_store_bypass_disable=
4546			[HW] Control Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) Disable mitigation
4547			(Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability)
4548
4549			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against a
4550			a common industry wide performance optimization known
4551			as "Speculative Store Bypass" in which recent stores
4552			to the same memory location may not be observed by
4553			later loads during speculative execution. The idea
4554			is that such stores are unlikely and that they can
4555			be detected prior to instruction retirement at the
4556			end of a particular speculation execution window.
4557
4558			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
4559			store can be used in a cache side channel attack, for
4560			example to read memory to which the attacker does not
4561			directly have access (e.g. inside sandboxed code).
4562
4563			This parameter controls whether the Speculative Store
4564			Bypass optimization is used.
4565
4566			On x86 the options are:
4567
4568			on      - Unconditionally disable Speculative Store Bypass
4569			off     - Unconditionally enable Speculative Store Bypass
4570			auto    - Kernel detects whether the CPU model contains an
4571				  implementation of Speculative Store Bypass and
4572				  picks the most appropriate mitigation. If the
4573				  CPU is not vulnerable, "off" is selected. If the
4574				  CPU is vulnerable the default mitigation is
4575				  architecture and Kconfig dependent. See below.
4576			prctl   - Control Speculative Store Bypass per thread
4577				  via prctl. Speculative Store Bypass is enabled
4578				  for a process by default. The state of the control
4579				  is inherited on fork.
4580			seccomp - Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp threads
4581				  will disable SSB unless they explicitly opt out.
4582
4583			Default mitigations:
4584			X86:	If CONFIG_SECCOMP=y "seccomp", otherwise "prctl"
4585
4586			On powerpc the options are:
4587
4588			on,auto - On Power8 and Power9 insert a store-forwarding
4589				  barrier on kernel entry and exit. On Power7
4590				  perform a software flush on kernel entry and
4591				  exit.
4592			off	- No action.
4593
4594			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
4595			spec_store_bypass_disable=auto.
4596
4597	spia_io_base=	[HW,MTD]
4598	spia_fio_base=
4599	spia_pedr=
4600	spia_peddr=
4601
4602	srcutree.counter_wrap_check [KNL]
4603			Specifies how frequently to check for
4604			grace-period sequence counter wrap for the
4605			srcu_data structure's ->srcu_gp_seq_needed field.
4606			The greater the number of bits set in this kernel
4607			parameter, the less frequently counter wrap will
4608			be checked for.  Note that the bottom two bits
4609			are ignored.
4610
4611	srcutree.exp_holdoff [KNL]
4612			Specifies how many nanoseconds must elapse
4613			since the end of the last SRCU grace period for
4614			a given srcu_struct until the next normal SRCU
4615			grace period will be considered for automatic
4616			expediting.  Set to zero to disable automatic
4617			expediting.
4618
4619	ssbd=		[ARM64,HW]
4620			Speculative Store Bypass Disable control
4621
4622			On CPUs that are vulnerable to the Speculative
4623			Store Bypass vulnerability and offer a
4624			firmware based mitigation, this parameter
4625			indicates how the mitigation should be used:
4626
4627			force-on:  Unconditionally enable mitigation for
4628				   for both kernel and userspace
4629			force-off: Unconditionally disable mitigation for
4630				   for both kernel and userspace
4631			kernel:    Always enable mitigation in the
4632				   kernel, and offer a prctl interface
4633				   to allow userspace to register its
4634				   interest in being mitigated too.
4635
4636	stack_guard_gap=	[MM]
4637			override the default stack gap protection. The value
4638			is in page units and it defines how many pages prior
4639			to (for stacks growing down) resp. after (for stacks
4640			growing up) the main stack are reserved for no other
4641			mapping. Default value is 256 pages.
4642
4643	stacktrace	[FTRACE]
4644			Enabled the stack tracer on boot up.
4645
4646	stacktrace_filter=[function-list]
4647			[FTRACE] Limit the functions that the stack tracer
4648			will trace at boot up. function-list is a comma separated
4649			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
4650			time by the stack_trace_filter file in the debugfs
4651			tracing directory. Note, this enables stack tracing
4652			and the stacktrace above is not needed.
4653
4654	sti=		[PARISC,HW]
4655			Format: <num>
4656			Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
4657			machines) console (graphic card) which should be used
4658			as the initial boot-console.
4659			See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
4660
4661	sti_font=	[HW]
4662			See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
4663
4664	stifb=		[HW]
4665			Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]]
4666
4667	sunrpc.min_resvport=
4668	sunrpc.max_resvport=
4669			[NFS,SUNRPC]
4670			SunRPC servers often require that client requests
4671			originate from a privileged port (i.e. a port in the
4672			range 0 < portnr < 1024).
4673			An administrator who wishes to reserve some of these
4674			ports for other uses may adjust the range that the
4675			kernel's sunrpc client considers to be privileged
4676			using these two parameters to set the minimum and
4677			maximum port values.
4678
4679	sunrpc.svc_rpc_per_connection_limit=
4680			[NFS,SUNRPC]
4681			Limit the number of requests that the server will
4682			process in parallel from a single connection.
4683			The default value is 0 (no limit).
4684
4685	sunrpc.pool_mode=
4686			[NFS]
4687			Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to
4688			service thread pools.  Depending on how many NICs
4689			you have and where their interrupts are bound, this
4690			option will affect which CPUs will do NFS serving.
4691			Note: this parameter cannot be changed while the
4692			NFS server is running.
4693
4694			auto	    the server chooses an appropriate mode
4695				    automatically using heuristics
4696			global	    a single global pool contains all CPUs
4697			percpu	    one pool for each CPU
4698			pernode	    one pool for each NUMA node (equivalent
4699				    to global on non-NUMA machines)
4700
4701	sunrpc.tcp_slot_table_entries=
4702	sunrpc.udp_slot_table_entries=
4703			[NFS,SUNRPC]
4704			Sets the upper limit on the number of simultaneous
4705			RPC calls that can be sent from the client to a
4706			server. Increasing these values may allow you to
4707			improve throughput, but will also increase the
4708			amount of memory reserved for use by the client.
4709
4710	suspend.pm_test_delay=
4711			[SUSPEND]
4712			Sets the number of seconds to remain in a suspend test
4713			mode before resuming the system (see
4714			/sys/power/pm_test). Only available when CONFIG_PM_DEBUG
4715			is set. Default value is 5.
4716
4717	svm=		[PPC]
4718			Format: { on | off | y | n | 1 | 0 }
4719			This parameter controls use of the Protected
4720			Execution Facility on pSeries.
4721
4722	swapaccount=[0|1]
4723			[KNL] Enable accounting of swap in memory resource
4724			controller if no parameter or 1 is given or disable
4725			it if 0 is given (See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/memory.rst)
4726
4727	swiotlb=	[ARM,IA-64,PPC,MIPS,X86]
4728			Format: { <int> | force | noforce }
4729			<int> -- Number of I/O TLB slabs
4730			force -- force using of bounce buffers even if they
4731			         wouldn't be automatically used by the kernel
4732			noforce -- Never use bounce buffers (for debugging)
4733
4734	switches=	[HW,M68k]
4735
4736	sysfs.deprecated=0|1 [KNL]
4737			Enable/disable old style sysfs layout for old udev
4738			on older distributions. When this option is enabled
4739			very new udev will not work anymore. When this option
4740			is disabled (or CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED not compiled)
4741			in older udev will not work anymore.
4742			Default depends on CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 set in
4743			the kernel configuration.
4744
4745	sysrq_always_enabled
4746			[KNL]
4747			Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will
4748			neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq.
4749			Useful for debugging.
4750
4751	tcpmhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
4752			Set the number of tcp_metrics_hash slots.
4753			Default value is 8192 or 16384 depending on total
4754			ram pages. This is used to specify the TCP metrics
4755			cache size. See Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
4756			"tcp_no_metrics_save" section for more details.
4757
4758	tdfx=		[HW,DRM]
4759
4760	test_suspend=	[SUSPEND][,N]
4761			Specify "mem" (for Suspend-to-RAM) or "standby" (for
4762			standby suspend) or "freeze" (for suspend type freeze)
4763			as the system sleep state during system startup with
4764			the optional capability to repeat N number of times.
4765			The system is woken from this state using a
4766			wakeup-capable RTC alarm.
4767
4768	thash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
4769			Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection
4770
4771	thermal.act=	[HW,ACPI]
4772			-1: disable all active trip points in all thermal zones
4773			<degrees C>: override all lowest active trip points
4774
4775	thermal.crt=	[HW,ACPI]
4776			-1: disable all critical trip points in all thermal zones
4777			<degrees C>: override all critical trip points
4778
4779	thermal.nocrt=	[HW,ACPI]
4780			Set to disable actions on ACPI thermal zone
4781			critical and hot trip points.
4782
4783	thermal.off=	[HW,ACPI]
4784			1: disable ACPI thermal control
4785
4786	thermal.psv=	[HW,ACPI]
4787			-1: disable all passive trip points
4788			<degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this
4789			value
4790
4791	thermal.tzp=	[HW,ACPI]
4792			Specify global default ACPI thermal zone polling rate
4793			<deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency
4794			0: no polling (default)
4795
4796	threadirqs	[KNL]
4797			Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those
4798			marked explicitly IRQF_NO_THREAD.
4799
4800	topology=	[S390]
4801			Format: {off | on}
4802			Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu
4803			topology information if the hardware supports this.
4804			The scheduler will make use of this information and
4805			e.g. base its process migration decisions on it.
4806			Default is on.
4807
4808	topology_updates= [KNL, PPC, NUMA]
4809			Format: {off}
4810			Specify if the kernel should ignore (off)
4811			topology updates sent by the hypervisor to this
4812			LPAR.
4813
4814	tp720=		[HW,PS2]
4815
4816	tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM]
4817			Format: integer pcr id
4818			Specify that at suspend time, the tpm driver
4819			should extend the specified pcr with zeros,
4820			as a workaround for some chips which fail to
4821			flush the last written pcr on TPM_SaveState.
4822			This will guarantee that all the other pcrs
4823			are saved.
4824
4825	trace_buf_size=nn[KMG]
4826			[FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size on each cpu.
4827
4828	trace_event=[event-list]
4829			[FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order
4830			to facilitate early boot debugging. The event-list is a
4831			comma separated list of trace events to enable. See
4832			also Documentation/trace/events.rst
4833
4834	trace_options=[option-list]
4835			[FTRACE] Enable or disable tracer options at boot.
4836			The option-list is a comma delimited list of options
4837			that can be enabled or disabled just as if you were
4838			to echo the option name into
4839
4840			    /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_options
4841
4842			For example, to enable stacktrace option (to dump the
4843			stack trace of each event), add to the command line:
4844
4845			      trace_options=stacktrace
4846
4847			See also Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst "trace options"
4848			section.
4849
4850	tp_printk[FTRACE]
4851			Have the tracepoints sent to printk as well as the
4852			tracing ring buffer. This is useful for early boot up
4853			where the system hangs or reboots and does not give the
4854			option for reading the tracing buffer or performing a
4855			ftrace_dump_on_oops.
4856
4857			To turn off having tracepoints sent to printk,
4858			 echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/tracepoint_printk
4859			Note, echoing 1 into this file without the
4860			tracepoint_printk kernel cmdline option has no effect.
4861
4862			** CAUTION **
4863
4864			Having tracepoints sent to printk() and activating high
4865			frequency tracepoints such as irq or sched, can cause
4866			the system to live lock.
4867
4868	traceoff_on_warning
4869			[FTRACE] enable this option to disable tracing when a
4870			warning is hit. This turns off "tracing_on". Tracing can
4871			be enabled again by echoing '1' into the "tracing_on"
4872			file located in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/
4873
4874			This option is useful, as it disables the trace before
4875			the WARNING dump is called, which prevents the trace to
4876			be filled with content caused by the warning output.
4877
4878			This option can also be set at run time via the sysctl
4879			option:  kernel/traceoff_on_warning
4880
4881	transparent_hugepage=
4882			[KNL]
4883			Format: [always|madvise|never]
4884			Can be used to control the default behavior of the system
4885			with respect to transparent hugepages.
4886			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
4887			for more details.
4888
4889	tsc=		Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC.
4890			Format: <string>
4891			[x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
4892			disables clocksource verification at runtime, as well
4893			as the stability checks done at bootup.	Used to enable
4894			high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in
4895			virtualized environment.
4896			[x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting.
4897			Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
4898			platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting
4899			can add overhead.
4900			[x86] unstable: mark the TSC clocksource as unstable, this
4901			marks the TSC unconditionally unstable at bootup and
4902			avoids any further wobbles once the TSC watchdog notices.
4903			[x86] nowatchdog: disable clocksource watchdog. Used
4904			in situations with strict latency requirements (where
4905			interruptions from clocksource watchdog are not
4906			acceptable).
4907
4908	tsx=		[X86] Control Transactional Synchronization
4909			Extensions (TSX) feature in Intel processors that
4910			support TSX control.
4911
4912			This parameter controls the TSX feature. The options are:
4913
4914			on	- Enable TSX on the system. Although there are
4915				mitigations for all known security vulnerabilities,
4916				TSX has been known to be an accelerator for
4917				several previous speculation-related CVEs, and
4918				so there may be unknown	security risks associated
4919				with leaving it enabled.
4920
4921			off	- Disable TSX on the system. (Note that this
4922				option takes effect only on newer CPUs which are
4923				not vulnerable to MDS, i.e., have
4924				MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES.MDS_NO=1 and which get
4925				the new IA32_TSX_CTRL MSR through a microcode
4926				update. This new MSR allows for the reliable
4927				deactivation of the TSX functionality.)
4928
4929			auto	- Disable TSX if X86_BUG_TAA is present,
4930				  otherwise enable TSX on the system.
4931
4932			Not specifying this option is equivalent to tsx=off.
4933
4934			See Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
4935			for more details.
4936
4937	tsx_async_abort= [X86,INTEL] Control mitigation for the TSX Async
4938			Abort (TAA) vulnerability.
4939
4940			Similar to Micro-architectural Data Sampling (MDS)
4941			certain CPUs that support Transactional
4942			Synchronization Extensions (TSX) are vulnerable to an
4943			exploit against CPU internal buffers which can forward
4944			information to a disclosure gadget under certain
4945			conditions.
4946
4947			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
4948			data can be used in a cache side channel attack, to
4949			access data to which the attacker does not have direct
4950			access.
4951
4952			This parameter controls the TAA mitigation.  The
4953			options are:
4954
4955			full       - Enable TAA mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
4956				     if TSX is enabled.
4957
4958			full,nosmt - Enable TAA mitigation and disable SMT on
4959				     vulnerable CPUs. If TSX is disabled, SMT
4960				     is not disabled because CPU is not
4961				     vulnerable to cross-thread TAA attacks.
4962			off        - Unconditionally disable TAA mitigation
4963
4964			On MDS-affected machines, tsx_async_abort=off can be
4965			prevented by an active MDS mitigation as both vulnerabilities
4966			are mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
4967			this mitigation, you need to specify mds=off too.
4968
4969			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
4970			tsx_async_abort=full.  On CPUs which are MDS affected
4971			and deploy MDS mitigation, TAA mitigation is not
4972			required and doesn't provide any additional
4973			mitigation.
4974
4975			For details see:
4976			Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
4977
4978	turbografx.map[2|3]=	[HW,JOY]
4979			TurboGraFX parallel port interface
4980			Format:
4981			<port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7>
4982			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
4983
4984	udbg-immortal	[PPC] When debugging early kernel crashes that
4985			happen after console_init() and before a proper
4986			console driver takes over, this boot options might
4987			help "seeing" what's going on.
4988
4989	uhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
4990			Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections
4991
4992	uhci-hcd.ignore_oc=
4993			[USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N).
4994			Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of
4995			bogus events, for ports that aren't wired to
4996			anything.  Set this parameter to avoid log spamming.
4997			Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be
4998			reported either.
4999
5000	unknown_nmi_panic
5001			[X86] Cause panic on unknown NMI.
5002
5003	usbcore.authorized_default=
5004			[USB] Default USB device authorization:
5005			(default -1 = authorized except for wireless USB,
5006			0 = not authorized, 1 = authorized, 2 = authorized
5007			if device connected to internal port)
5008
5009	usbcore.autosuspend=
5010			[USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used
5011			for newly-detected USB devices (default 2).  This
5012			is the time required before an idle device will be
5013			autosuspended.  Devices for which the delay is set
5014			to a negative value won't be autosuspended at all.
5015
5016	usbcore.usbfs_snoop=
5017			[USB] Set to log all usbfs traffic (default 0 = off).
5018
5019	usbcore.usbfs_snoop_max=
5020			[USB] Maximum number of bytes to snoop in each URB
5021			(default = 65536).
5022
5023	usbcore.blinkenlights=
5024			[USB] Set to cycle leds on hubs (default 0 = off).
5025
5026	usbcore.old_scheme_first=
5027			[USB] Start with the old device initialization
5028			scheme,  applies only to low and full-speed devices
5029			 (default 0 = off).
5030
5031	usbcore.usbfs_memory_mb=
5032			[USB] Memory limit (in MB) for buffers allocated by
5033			usbfs (default = 16, 0 = max = 2047).
5034
5035	usbcore.use_both_schemes=
5036			[USB] Try the other device initialization scheme
5037			if the first one fails (default 1 = enabled).
5038
5039	usbcore.initial_descriptor_timeout=
5040			[USB] Specifies timeout for the initial 64-byte
5041			USB_REQ_GET_DESCRIPTOR request in milliseconds
5042			(default 5000 = 5.0 seconds).
5043
5044	usbcore.nousb	[USB] Disable the USB subsystem
5045
5046	usbcore.quirks=
5047			[USB] A list of quirk entries to augment the built-in
5048			usb core quirk list. List entries are separated by
5049			commas. Each entry has the form
5050			VendorID:ProductID:Flags. The IDs are 4-digit hex
5051			numbers and Flags is a set of letters. Each letter
5052			will change the built-in quirk; setting it if it is
5053			clear and clearing it if it is set. The letters have
5054			the following meanings:
5055				a = USB_QUIRK_STRING_FETCH_255 (string
5056					descriptors must not be fetched using
5057					a 255-byte read);
5058				b = USB_QUIRK_RESET_RESUME (device can't resume
5059					correctly so reset it instead);
5060				c = USB_QUIRK_NO_SET_INTF (device can't handle
5061					Set-Interface requests);
5062				d = USB_QUIRK_CONFIG_INTF_STRINGS (device can't
5063					handle its Configuration or Interface
5064					strings);
5065				e = USB_QUIRK_RESET (device can't be reset
5066					(e.g morph devices), don't use reset);
5067				f = USB_QUIRK_HONOR_BNUMINTERFACES (device has
5068					more interface descriptions than the
5069					bNumInterfaces count, and can't handle
5070					talking to these interfaces);
5071				g = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_INIT (device needs a pause
5072					during initialization, after we read
5073					the device descriptor);
5074				h = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_UFRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL (For
5075					high speed and super speed interrupt
5076					endpoints, the USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 spec
5077					require the interval in microframes (1
5078					microframe = 125 microseconds) to be
5079					calculated as interval = 2 ^
5080					(bInterval-1).
5081					Devices with this quirk report their
5082					bInterval as the result of this
5083					calculation instead of the exponent
5084					variable used in the calculation);
5085				i = USB_QUIRK_DEVICE_QUALIFIER (device can't
5086					handle device_qualifier descriptor
5087					requests);
5088				j = USB_QUIRK_IGNORE_REMOTE_WAKEUP (device
5089					generates spurious wakeup, ignore
5090					remote wakeup capability);
5091				k = USB_QUIRK_NO_LPM (device can't handle Link
5092					Power Management);
5093				l = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_FRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL
5094					(Device reports its bInterval as linear
5095					frames instead of the USB 2.0
5096					calculation);
5097				m = USB_QUIRK_DISCONNECT_SUSPEND (Device needs
5098					to be disconnected before suspend to
5099					prevent spurious wakeup);
5100				n = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_CTRL_MSG (Device needs a
5101					pause after every control message);
5102				o = USB_QUIRK_HUB_SLOW_RESET (Hub needs extra
5103					delay after resetting its port);
5104			Example: quirks=0781:5580:bk,0a5c:5834:gij
5105
5106	usbhid.mousepoll=
5107			[USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
5108
5109	usbhid.jspoll=
5110			[USBHID] The interval which joysticks are to be polled at.
5111
5112	usbhid.kbpoll=
5113			[USBHID] The interval which keyboards are to be polled at.
5114
5115	usb-storage.delay_use=
5116			[UMS] The delay in seconds before a new device is
5117			scanned for Logical Units (default 1).
5118
5119	usb-storage.quirks=
5120			[UMS] A list of quirks entries to supplement or
5121			override the built-in unusual_devs list.  List
5122			entries are separated by commas.  Each entry has
5123			the form VID:PID:Flags where VID and PID are Vendor
5124			and Product ID values (4-digit hex numbers) and
5125			Flags is a set of characters, each corresponding
5126			to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows:
5127				a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes
5128					of sense data, not on uas);
5129				b = BAD_SENSE (don't collect more than 18
5130					bytes of sense data, not on uas);
5131				c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported
5132					device capacity by one sector);
5133				d = NO_READ_DISC_INFO (don't use
5134					READ_DISC_INFO command, not on uas);
5135				e = NO_READ_CAPACITY_16 (don't use
5136					READ_CAPACITY_16 command);
5137				f = NO_REPORT_OPCODES (don't use report opcodes
5138					command, uas only);
5139				g = MAX_SECTORS_240 (don't transfer more than
5140					240 sectors at a time, uas only);
5141				h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the
5142					reported device capacity by one
5143					sector if the number is odd);
5144				i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this
5145					device);
5146				j = NO_REPORT_LUNS (don't use report luns
5147					command, uas only);
5148				l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and
5149					unlock ejectable media, not on uas);
5150				m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
5151					than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time,
5152					not on uas);
5153				n = INITIAL_READ10 (force a retry of the
5154					initial READ(10) command, not on uas);
5155				o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity
5156					reported by the device, not on uas);
5157				p = WRITE_CACHE (the device cache is ON
5158					by default, not on uas);
5159				r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports
5160					bogus residue values, not on uas);
5161				s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one
5162					Logical Unit);
5163				t = NO_ATA_1X (don't allow ATA(12) and ATA(16)
5164					commands, uas only);
5165				u = IGNORE_UAS (don't bind to the uas driver);
5166				w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the
5167					medium is write-protected).
5168				y = ALWAYS_SYNC (issue a SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE
5169					even if the device claims no cache,
5170					not on uas)
5171			Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
5172
5173	user_debug=	[KNL,ARM]
5174			Format: <int>
5175			See arch/arm/Kconfig.debug help text.
5176				 1 - undefined instruction events
5177				 2 - system calls
5178				 4 - invalid data aborts
5179				 8 - SIGSEGV faults
5180				16 - SIGBUS faults
5181			Example: user_debug=31
5182
5183	userpte=
5184			[X86] Flags controlling user PTE allocations.
5185
5186				nohigh = do not allocate PTE pages in
5187					HIGHMEM regardless of setting
5188					of CONFIG_HIGHPTE.
5189
5190	vdso=		[X86,SH]
5191			On X86_32, this is an alias for vdso32=.  Otherwise:
5192
5193			vdso=1: enable VDSO (the default)
5194			vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping
5195
5196	vdso32=		[X86] Control the 32-bit vDSO
5197			vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO
5198			vdso32=0 or vdso32=2: disable 32-bit VDSO
5199
5200			See the help text for CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO for more
5201			details.  If CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO is set, the default is
5202			vdso32=0; otherwise, the default is vdso32=1.
5203
5204			For compatibility with older kernels, vdso32=2 is an
5205			alias for vdso32=0.
5206
5207			Try vdso32=0 if you encounter an error that says:
5208			dl_main: Assertion `(void *) ph->p_vaddr == _rtld_local._dl_sysinfo_dso' failed!
5209
5210	vector=		[IA-64,SMP]
5211			vector=percpu: enable percpu vector domain
5212
5213	video=		[FB] Frame buffer configuration
5214			See Documentation/fb/modedb.rst.
5215
5216	video.brightness_switch_enabled= [0,1]
5217			If set to 1, on receiving an ACPI notify event
5218			generated by hotkey, video driver will adjust brightness
5219			level and then send out the event to user space through
5220			the allocated input device; If set to 0, video driver
5221			will only send out the event without touching backlight
5222			brightness level.
5223			default: 1
5224
5225	virtio_mmio.device=
5226			[VMMIO] Memory mapped virtio (platform) device.
5227
5228				<size>@<baseaddr>:<irq>[:<id>]
5229			where:
5230				<size>     := size (can use standard suffixes
5231						like K, M and G)
5232				<baseaddr> := physical base address
5233				<irq>      := interrupt number (as passed to
5234						request_irq())
5235				<id>       := (optional) platform device id
5236			example:
5237				virtio_mmio.device=1K@0x100b0000:48:7
5238
5239			Can be used multiple times for multiple devices.
5240
5241	vga=		[BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
5242			See Documentation/x86/boot.rst and
5243			Documentation/admin-guide/svga.rst.
5244			Use vga=ask for menu.
5245			This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is
5246			passed to the kernel using a special protocol.
5247
5248	vm_debug[=options]	[KNL] Available with CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=y.
5249			May slow down system boot speed, especially when
5250			enabled on systems with a large amount of memory.
5251			All options are enabled by default, and this
5252			interface is meant to allow for selectively
5253			enabling or disabling specific virtual memory
5254			debugging features.
5255
5256			Available options are:
5257			  P	Enable page structure init time poisoning
5258			  -	Disable all of the above options
5259
5260	vmalloc=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Forces the vmalloc area to have an exact
5261			size of <nn>. This can be used to increase the
5262			minimum size (128MB on x86). It can also be used to
5263			decrease the size and leave more room for directly
5264			mapped kernel RAM.
5265
5266	vmcp_cma=nn[MG]	[KNL,S390]
5267			Sets the memory size reserved for contiguous memory
5268			allocations for the vmcp device driver.
5269
5270	vmhalt=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after system halt.
5271			Format: <command>
5272
5273	vmpanic=	[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after kernel panic.
5274			Format: <command>
5275
5276	vmpoff=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
5277			Format: <command>
5278
5279	vsyscall=	[X86-64]
5280			Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to
5281			fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy
5282			code).  Most statically-linked binaries and older
5283			versions of glibc use these calls.  Because these
5284			functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice
5285			targets for exploits that can control RIP.
5286
5287			emulate     [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
5288			            emulated reasonably safely.  The vsyscall
5289				    page is readable.
5290
5291			xonly       Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
5292			            emulated reasonably safely.  The vsyscall
5293				    page is not readable.
5294
5295			none        Vsyscalls don't work at all.  This makes
5296			            them quite hard to use for exploits but
5297			            might break your system.
5298
5299	vt.color=	[VT] Default text color.
5300			Format: 0xYX, X = foreground, Y = background.
5301			Default: 0x07 = light gray on black.
5302
5303	vt.cur_default=	[VT] Default cursor shape.
5304			Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as
5305			the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence;
5306			see VGA-softcursor.txt. Default: 2 = underline.
5307
5308	vt.default_blu=	[VT]
5309			Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
5310			Change the default blue palette of the console.
5311			This is a 16-member array composed of values
5312			ranging from 0-255.
5313
5314	vt.default_grn=	[VT]
5315			Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
5316			Change the default green palette of the console.
5317			This is a 16-member array composed of values
5318			ranging from 0-255.
5319
5320	vt.default_red=	[VT]
5321			Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
5322			Change the default red palette of the console.
5323			This is a 16-member array composed of values
5324			ranging from 0-255.
5325
5326	vt.default_utf8=
5327			[VT]
5328			Format=<0|1>
5329			Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
5330			Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
5331			newly opened terminals.
5332
5333	vt.global_cursor_default=
5334			[VT]
5335			Format=<-1|0|1>
5336			Set system-wide default for whether a cursor
5337			is shown on new VTs. Default is -1,
5338			i.e. cursors will be created by default unless
5339			overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide
5340			cursors, 1 will display them.
5341
5342	vt.italic=	[VT] Default color for italic text; 0-15.
5343			Default: 2 = green.
5344
5345	vt.underline=	[VT] Default color for underlined text; 0-15.
5346			Default: 3 = cyan.
5347
5348	watchdog timers	[HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers,
5349			see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst
5350			or other driver-specific files in the
5351			Documentation/watchdog/ directory.
5352
5353	watchdog_thresh=
5354			[KNL]
5355			Set the hard lockup detector stall duration
5356			threshold in seconds. The soft lockup detector
5357			threshold is set to twice the value. A value of 0
5358			disables both lockup detectors. Default is 10
5359			seconds.
5360
5361	workqueue.watchdog_thresh=
5362			If CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG is configured, workqueue can
5363			warn stall conditions and dump internal state to
5364			help debugging.  0 disables workqueue stall
5365			detection; otherwise, it's the stall threshold
5366			duration in seconds.  The default value is 30 and
5367			it can be updated at runtime by writing to the
5368			corresponding sysfs file.
5369
5370	workqueue.disable_numa
5371			By default, all work items queued to unbound
5372			workqueues are affine to the NUMA nodes they're
5373			issued on, which results in better behavior in
5374			general.  If NUMA affinity needs to be disabled for
5375			whatever reason, this option can be used.  Note
5376			that this also can be controlled per-workqueue for
5377			workqueues visible under /sys/bus/workqueue/.
5378
5379	workqueue.power_efficient
5380			Per-cpu workqueues are generally preferred because
5381			they show better performance thanks to cache
5382			locality; unfortunately, per-cpu workqueues tend to
5383			be more power hungry than unbound workqueues.
5384
5385			Enabling this makes the per-cpu workqueues which
5386			were observed to contribute significantly to power
5387			consumption unbound, leading to measurably lower
5388			power usage at the cost of small performance
5389			overhead.
5390
5391			The default value of this parameter is determined by
5392			the config option CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT.
5393
5394	workqueue.debug_force_rr_cpu
5395			Workqueue used to implicitly guarantee that work
5396			items queued without explicit CPU specified are put
5397			on the local CPU.  This guarantee is no longer true
5398			and while local CPU is still preferred work items
5399			may be put on foreign CPUs.  This debug option
5400			forces round-robin CPU selection to flush out
5401			usages which depend on the now broken guarantee.
5402			When enabled, memory and cache locality will be
5403			impacted.
5404
5405	x2apic_phys	[X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
5406			default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
5407			supporting x2apic.
5408
5409	x86_intel_mid_timer= [X86-32,APBT]
5410			Choose timer option for x86 Intel MID platform.
5411			Two valid options are apbt timer only and lapic timer
5412			plus one apbt timer for broadcast timer.
5413			x86_intel_mid_timer=apbt_only | lapic_and_apbt
5414
5415	xen_512gb_limit		[KNL,X86-64,XEN]
5416			Restricts the kernel running paravirtualized under Xen
5417			to use only up to 512 GB of RAM. The reason to do so is
5418			crash analysis tools and Xen tools for doing domain
5419			save/restore/migration must be enabled to handle larger
5420			domains.
5421
5422	xen_emul_unplug=		[HW,X86,XEN]
5423			Unplug Xen emulated devices
5424			Format: [unplug0,][unplug1]
5425			ide-disks -- unplug primary master IDE devices
5426			aux-ide-disks -- unplug non-primary-master IDE devices
5427			nics -- unplug network devices
5428			all -- unplug all emulated devices (NICs and IDE disks)
5429			unnecessary -- unplugging emulated devices is
5430				unnecessary even if the host did not respond to
5431				the unplug protocol
5432			never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds
5433
5434	xen_legacy_crash	[X86,XEN]
5435			Crash from Xen panic notifier, without executing late
5436			panic() code such as dumping handler.
5437
5438	xen_nopvspin	[X86,XEN]
5439			Disables the ticketlock slowpath using Xen PV
5440			optimizations.
5441
5442	xen_nopv	[X86]
5443			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
5444			run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers.
5445			This option is obsoleted by the "nopv" option, which
5446			has equivalent effect for XEN platform.
5447
5448	xen_scrub_pages=	[XEN]
5449			Boolean option to control scrubbing pages before giving them back
5450			to Xen, for use by other domains. Can be also changed at runtime
5451			with /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/scrub_pages.
5452			Default value controlled with CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES_DEFAULT.
5453
5454	xen_timer_slop=	[X86-64,XEN]
5455			Set the timer slop (in nanoseconds) for the virtual Xen
5456			timers (default is 100000). This adjusts the minimum
5457			delta of virtualized Xen timers, where lower values
5458			improve timer resolution at the expense of processing
5459			more timer interrupts.
5460
5461	nopv=		[X86,XEN,KVM,HYPER_V,VMWARE]
5462			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the guest to run
5463			as generic guest with no PV drivers. Currently support
5464			XEN HVM, KVM, HYPER_V and VMWARE guest.
5465
5466	xirc2ps_cs=	[NET,PCMCIA]
5467			Format:
5468			<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
5469
5470	xive=		[PPC]
5471			By default on POWER9 and above, the kernel will
5472			natively use the XIVE interrupt controller. This option
5473			allows the fallback firmware mode to be used:
5474
5475			off       Fallback to firmware control of XIVE interrupt
5476				  controller on both pseries and powernv
5477				  platforms. Only useful on POWER9 and above.
5478
5479	xhci-hcd.quirks		[USB,KNL]
5480			A hex value specifying bitmask with supplemental xhci
5481			host controller quirks. Meaning of each bit can be
5482			consulted in header drivers/usb/host/xhci.h.
5483
5484	xmon		[PPC]
5485			Format: { early | on | rw | ro | off }
5486			Controls if xmon debugger is enabled. Default is off.
5487			Passing only "xmon" is equivalent to "xmon=early".
5488			early	Call xmon as early as possible on boot; xmon
5489				debugger is called from setup_arch().
5490			on	xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
5491				is only called on a kernel crash. Default mode,
5492				i.e. either "ro" or "rw" mode, is controlled
5493				with CONFIG_XMON_DEFAULT_RO_MODE.
5494			rw	xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
5495				is called only on a kernel crash, mode is write,
5496				meaning SPR registers, memory and, other data
5497				can be written using xmon commands.
5498			ro 	same as "rw" option above but SPR registers,
5499				memory, and other data can't be written using
5500				xmon commands.
5501			off	xmon is disabled.
5502